Here, in our yard, the lack of hummingbirds for the migratory season was dumbfounding....yet, we saw them in abundance at local parks. It dawned on me why....the Spring rains brought a whole slew of flowering plants, profusely blooming all around town and the barrier islands!! The hummingbirds prefer the blossoms' natural nectar!! Can't blame 'em. We've only had TWO active at our feeders over time. During the drought...........dozens!!
No...the following bird photos I share were NOT seen in El Paso, Texas!! They're migrants that were just passing through our area this past month, on their way to their summer breeding grounds....el paso [the passage].
Without a whole lotta chit chat, I'll just share the photos I got of several seen mainly in one area of town [along the island highway] over several different days in April:
FEMALE SUMMER TANAGER - WOOD THRUSH [?]
photos taken: Paradise Pond - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map: Summer Tanager, Wood Thrush
MALE ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK - YELLOW BREASTED CHAT
photos taken: Packery Channel Motte - Padre Island [North]
ORCHARD ORIOLE - FEMALE ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK
photos taken: Packery Channel Park - Padre Island [North]
habitat map: Orchard Oriole, Grosbeak
INDIGO BUNTING - YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO
photos taken: Packery Channel Park - Padre Island [North]
PAINTED BUNTING - CHESTNUT SIDED WARBLER
photos taken: Packery Channel Park and Paradise Pond
CHUCK WILL'S WIDOW - SCARLET TANAGER
photos taken: Blucher Park [widow-Corpus Christi] - Packery Channel [tanager]
habitat map: Chuck Will's Widow, Scarlet Tanager
NORTHERN PARULA - BALTIMORE ORIOLE
photos taken: Port Aransas and Packery Channel - Padre Island [North]
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