§ Springtime Along the Coast...

HOODED WARBLER
Habitat map: Warbler


BLACKPOLL WARBER [rare in Texas!!]
Habitat map: Warbler


AMERICAN REDSTART
Habitat map: Restart


INDIGO BUNTING
Habitat map: Bunting


BLUE GROSBEAK [Juvenile?]
Habitat map: Grosbeak



LEAST SANDPIPER
Habitat map: Sandpiper


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§ Warblers of Spring...

It's the 4th of July weekend in America. For the last several days our area of the Coastal Bend has been inundated with heavy downpours. So, again, I sit home and read mostly...waiting for it to dry out. We won't be doing much of celebrating other than our annual grilled hot dogs, potato salad and icy COORS!! Of course there won't be much sleeping until past midnight on the 4th because of the fireworks. I will watch "the show" from our garage window to keep dry and mosquito free! Here are some images from my Spring months' archives of this year; all warblers.  And those that bird and try to get photos of them, know that it's a challenge of nerves and patience.  I really hope to get out soon, even tho the birds will be scarce other than the resident year 'round birds....

 

 

YELLOW WARBLER
Habitat map: Warbler



BLACKPOLL WARBLER [rare in Texas]
Habitat map: Warbler


WILSON'S WARBLER
Habitat map: Warbler



CAPE MAY WARBLER [rare in Texas]
Habitat map: Warbler



CHESTNUT SIDED WARBLER
Habitat map: Warbler

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§ April Archives...

This week, for lack of going out birding for any length of time, I share new photos from this past April when life was a bit less concerning with the global virus threat in our area of Texas...


BLACK POLL WARBLER
photo taken:  Port Aransas Birding Center
habitat map:  Warbler
Length:
Wingspan:


BLACK CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
photo taken:  Blucher Park
habitat map:  Hummingbird
Length:  3.75 inches
Wingspan:  4.75 inches


PAINTED BUNTING
photo taken:  Oso Bay Wetlands
habitat map:  Bunting
Length:  5.5 inches
Wingspan:  8.5 inches


BALTIMORE ORIOLE [female]
photo taken:  Packery Channel
habitat map:  Oriole
Length:  7-8 inches
Wingspan:  11-12 inches


CATTLE EGRET
photo taken:  Mustang Island
habitat map:  Egret
Length:  20 inches
Wingspan:  36 inches


RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
photo taken:  Back yard [home]
habitat map:  Hummingbird
Length: 3.5 inches
Wingspan:  4.5 inches



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Lavender Dreams

§ New Kids on the Block!

Migration Season is coming to a close once again around the Coastal Bend. Throughout the last couple of weeks, I've spotted four new bird species for my records. The most recent one was last Sunday [May 1st]. Of course it had to be a warbler. They play havoc with my stress level....being that they are very difficult to get into focus before they are bounding off to another branch or taking off to disappear completely. The 'new' warbler is the Blackpoll Warbler...which was 'out of its habitat range'; a vagrant. Altho, Bud's National Geographic Bird Guide shows that they migrate along the coastal Texas border.   The other two birds that I have never photographed before are the Grasshopper Sparrow [distinctive points to ID the grasshopper is the short tail AND the yellow coloration around the wing...no other sparrow has that. Plus the wing color pattern and the buff-non-striped breast.], the third bird being the one and only Yellow Headed Blackbird!!! Yes indeed, one bird I grew up with [so to speak] when I lived in Colorado. This is the FIRST time I've been able to get photos. Of course, when I was young, I thought they were 'cool' birds, but never was into photography OR birding.  The fourth new species I've recently photographed is the Clapper Rail...I will post photos of that at another time since I have a large number of photos to share already.

Here are the three species so far...fourth coming soon.:




YELLOW HEADED BLACKBIRD
photos taken:  Packery Channel Park - Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Blackbird


GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
photos taken:  Charlie's Pasture North - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Sparrow


BLACKPOLL WARBLER
photos taken:  Leonabelle Birding Center - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Warbler


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