§ 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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§ Kingfisher Point

At Refugio Texas there is a small park just as you drive into the town from Corpus Christi. I was there on a very rainy morning - when I arrived I had the park all to myself. But, the early hour I left home it was just before daybreak...but as I headed north on the interstate, the sky turned an ominous black...threatening rain. Well, it RAINED!! So heavily I couldn't see the front of my car. Should I stop and go back home? Or, should I drive through this mess and see what lies ahead? I kept going. The storm mass was huge [tornadoes in Houston and heavy, heavy rains in Corpus...I was in the middle of it all]. You can read about the adventure here if you'd like 'AFTER THE STORM'. It finally turned out okay, the highways started to dry up and the trip was once again 'safe'.

Of course since it rained so much before I arrived, there wasn't much bird activity.  I saw Chipping Sparrows, Cardinals, Kinglets, one Wilson's Warbler, a few blackbirds [both male and female]. And ONE LARGE Diamond Back Watersnake [photos are on my personal blog link I just shared above if you care to see that creepy snake!!] But, not the one bird I was hoping to see...the Barred Owl. [of all the owls, the Barred Owl is my favorite].

At one area off the beaten path that meanders along the Mission River, there is a bird blind fencing that by standing nearby you can see down the run-off gully where the kingfisher resides.  In fact the lookout is called Green Kingfisher Point.  Before leaving for the day I watched one for quite a while...

GREEN KINGFISHER
photos taken:  Lion's Shelly Park - Refugio, Texas
habitat map:  Kingfisher

Other birds seen that day at the park:


NORTHERN CARDINALS - CHIPPING SPARROW
habitat map:  Cardinals - Sparrow


EASTERN PHOEBE - GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER
habitat map:  Phoebe - Woodpecker


REDWINGED BLACKBIRDS [females] - WILSON'S WARBLER
habitat map:  Blackbird - Warbler


RUBY CROWNED KINGLET [female]
habitat map:  Kinglet

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§ From Town to Goose Island

Another post with several different species sighted around town and over to Copano Bay...



LADDER BACKED WOODPECKER
photo taken:  Paradise Pond - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Woodpecker



RED WINGED BLACKBIRD [female]
photo taken:  Leonabelle Turnbull Refuge - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Blackbird



WHITE FACED IBIS
photo taken:  Leonabelle Turnbull Refuge - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Ibis



BONAPARTE'S GULL
photo taken:  Lydia Ann Channel Jetty - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map: Gull



WOOD THRUSH
photo taken:  Blucher Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Thrush



COOPER'S HAWK
photo taken:  Paradise Pond - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Hawk



WILSON'S WARBLER
photo taken:  Paradise Pond - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Warbler



GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER
photo taken:  Rose Hill Cemetery - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map:  Woodpecker



WHOOPING CRANE
photo taken:  Goose Island - Lamar/Rockport/Fulton Texas Area
habitat map:  Crane

ps...if I'm tardy getting around to visiting on Sunday, I hope you'll understand...Go Broncos!!!


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