So Padre Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Yesterday I drove out to So Padre Island, TX to enjoy the great birding opportunities that this barrier island provides. One of the hotspot...

Colorful female Painted Bunting

This female Painted Bunting was foraging in the same location as the male pictured in the post below. Though her plumage is not as brillian...

Gorgeous Painted Bunting

I found this male Painted Bunting at Santa Ana NWR today. These guys are one of the brightest and most colorful landbirds that we see in th...

Common Yellowthroat with different song

As I walked on the "wetland bridge" walkway over the currently dry marsh area, I heard a song I with which I was unfamiliar. I wa...

Brilliant Blackburnian Warbler

Brilliant,brilliant,brilliant--that is the most descriptive word for male Blackburnian Warblers. Their orange heads are so very bright and ...

Chestnut-sided Warbler at Sabal Palm

Hopefully the gremlins that took over my laptop the past few days (no,not a virus) are gone so I can post more pics from my trip like these....

Quite a find--a Worm-eating Warbler

I have been enjoying not only Rio Grande Valley specialities but some migrating warblers these past 4 days. Today I birded Quinta Mazatlan,...