Migration is off to a great start in the first week of April.
The best bird was this male
Cerulean Warbler. This species is a target in Texas migration. There were several this past week at LaFitte's Cove. He is blue with white underparts and a black chest band.
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| Cerulean warbler - male |
Another good bird was a
Worm-eating Warbler. He is IDed by the brown color and striped head.
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| Worm-eating Warbler |
A male
Tennessee Warbler put in an appearance. This is a common species in migration. It is green backed, gray headed witrh a prominent white eye stripe. Of interest to me was the yellow face. It doesn't show in the guide books, so he may be a first year bird molting from juvenile plumage?
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| Tennessee Warbler - male |
I said in the previous journal the
Yellow-throated Warbler was a nemesis bird for me. Well the jinx has been broken this spring as I have seen 3 of them already. I had only seen 3 in the previous 20 years of birding!
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| Yellow-throated Warbler |
Other birds were my first
Summer Tanager. The male is all red with a large yellowish bill.
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| Summer Tanager - male |
A beautiful
Chipping Sparrow in breeding plumage with his bright rusty cap, unstreaked breast, and black line through the eye.
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| Chipping Sparrow - breeding |
Elsewhere on Galveston Island I was lucky to get close to a
Wilson's Snipe in a roadside puddle. I took the photo out of the car window to prevent spooking the bird.
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| Wilson's Snipe |
Happy birding and photography,
David McDonald
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