§ After Company....

Around here, now that Erik is back in Houston, we two are returning back to normal. Slowly. I still haven't been out birding much, we are working to get the house, and the room we set up for our son, back to being the library with tables and lounge chairs, etc. We've become slower in our golden years; taking our time rearranging etc. And, we still have tons of yard work on the to do list...but with the flooding rains the week prior, we wait for things to dry out and the mud to disappear before going on with those chores. Oh well, the migration for south Texas is near its end, so no worries on missing out too much. Here are some photos during migration, before our son paid us a visit:

Shown below, the black and white warbler, the worm eating warbler spotted at Port Aransas.  The black bellied plover spotted along Packery Channel.  The tanager and yellow breasted chat around Packery Channel PARK, and the painted bunting, seen at the Sand Dollar Road area.

BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER
Habitat map:  Warbler


WORM EATING WARBLER
Habitat map:  Warbler


BLACK BELLIED PLOVER
Habitat map:  Plover


YELLOW BREASTED CHAT
Habitat map: Chat


SCARLET TANAGER
Habitat map:  Tanager


PAINTED BUNTING
Habitat map:  Bunting


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§ April Migrants

I have so many bird photos on my computer that I haven't shared yet, so I'm gonna go back in time to April...this year the migrants were very few. I don't know if the damage from the hurricane back in August prior to the migrating season had anything to do with the lack of big numbers or not. I tend to think so since so much of their habitat was destroyed...they knew!!!

Anyway, here are some of the migrants I spotted close by in town parks....

EASTERN BLUEBIRD
habitat map: Bluebird


BLACK THROATED GREEN WARBLER
habitat map: Warbler



HOODED WARBLER
habitat map: Warbler



RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
habitat map: Hummingbird



SCARLET TANAGER
habitat map: Tanager



WORM EATING WARBLER
habitat map: Warbler




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§ Migratory [and resident] Visitors in May

Please note: Bud and I celebrated our 49th anniversary on May 11th...I am taking the weekend off to also observe Mother's Day. I will get around to visiting with all you birders on Monday! In the meantime, hope everyone has a glorious weekend!! See you on Monday....

ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK [female]
photo taken:  Packery Channel Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Grosbeak


ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK [male]
photo taken:  Packery Channel Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Grosbeak


LADDER BACKED WOODPECKER
photo taken:  Library Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Woodpecker


PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
photo taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Warbler








RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
photos taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Hummingbird


PAINTED BUNTING
photo taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Bunting


SUMMER TANAGER
photo taken:  Pollywog Ponds - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Tanager


WORM EATING WARBLER
photo taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Warbler


In Honor of All Mothers for Mother's Day



AMERICAN COOT mother and Offspring!
photos taken: Leonabelle Turnbull Refuge - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map: Coot


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§ Migrants....

According to wikipedia's website about Texas Birds, this state has more different species than any other state in the union.  Which brings me to this:  South Texas Spring Migration is in high gear 'bout now. I've been out each day trying to spot 'new' bird for personal records. As of this posting I've sighted in on four(?) [three for sure] different, never photographed by me, species. The fourth, I'm really not sure the exact ID. I know it's a wren, but which wren? LOL And to top it off, it was spied in the cattail/reed grasses and a bit too 'hidden'. So, I will have to study the images I have to make sure. In the meantime, I will share these:

The first one I've seen and have several photos from the past. This time a vast colony of avocets [100s seen together] were at the tidal ponds around Sunset Lakes! They were for the most part in breeding colors and some of the antics showed breeding/defending/territorial activity. -note the lowered head and open wing stance-

...then on a return trip the same week, different day, a loner in beautiful breeding colors with its blue legs and rusty head!! [non-breeding -winter plumage seen here]

AMERICAN AVOCET
photos taken:  Sunset Lakes - Portland, Texas
habitat map:  Avocet





The "New" Species seen recently:

The first and last of this series are birds I've never had the opportunity to watch and study before.  The following two images are of the Warbler family.  It's plain in body color, but shows off an intense striped crown of contrasting black.  Yet, nature has a way of camouflaging....from an aerial view as I stood atop a picnic table to watch it, since they are ground feeders, the coloration and striping blends in with the wooded forest VERY well, helping protect it from predators I'm assuming....

WORM EATING WARBLER
photos taken:  Leonabelle Turnbull Refuge - Port Arnasas, Texas
habitat map:  Warbler

...this species greeted me at the park as I stepped into the wooded 'forest' with song!!  I tried to be patient, waiting for it to bow its head to show off  its dark rusty brown crown.  After taking several photos for identification, I continued through the small park....its song continued to be heard throughout!!

CAROLINA WREN
photos taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Wren

...and the last bird, another never before photographed by me.  A plover which travels some of the longest distance of any migrant bird.  From South America to the northern tip of the world...the Tundra.  Twice a year...it travels approximately 2500+ miles....[Some migrate non-stop from James Bay, Canada to South America and visa versa  - source]

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
photos taken:  Charlie's Pasture North - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map: Plover


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