Showing posts with label Cape May Warbler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape May Warbler. Show all posts

Thursday, May 9, 2013

May is Warbler Month on South Padre Island

  I can remember my dad telling me that May is Warbler Month as that is when the warblers migrate north  from their winter homes south of the border. In a normal May I might see 2 or 3 varieties migrating through but this year Bill and I were fortunate enough to be on South Padre Island, Texas a few days after a major "Fallout." I'm still looking at my pictures and identifying varieties, but here are the ones I have so far. I've tried hard to properly identify the birds, but I'm an amateur birder so please correct me if I've misidentified any.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler 

Black-throated Green Warbler 

Cape May Warbler 

Cape May Warbler 

Chestnut-sided Warbler 

Chestnut-sided Warbler 

Bay-breasted Warbler, Tennessee Warbler and Orchard Oriole

Hooded Warbler 

 Magnolia Warbler

 Northern Parula

Prothonotary Warbler 

Wilson's Warbler 

Yellow Warbler