This will be my last posting of some of the hundreds of photos of migrating birds I was able to take in Texas in the latter part of April of this year.  It’s not that I don’t have more, but I’m far behind in my processing and I have been taking some great photos of birds in my own yard.  So here are the last of the Texas photos…

Male Painted Bunting

Male Black and White Warbler

Male Black and White Warbler

Male Black and White Warbler

Orange-Crowned Warbler

My final sighting, on the morning I was to leave, was an Ovenbird. The Ovenbird is a warbler, but one that spends most of its time on the ground foraging for insects in the leaf litter.  One had reportedly been seen at this location several days previously, but during all of the time I sat watching for birds the species had eluded me.  I had only seen one or two of these birds in my life, and both were at High Island, TX during previous migrations.  It was early in the morning, with poor (back-lit) conditions when this bird arrived at the bird bath.  I managed several photos, none of which I considered good, but they were good enough for a very positive identification!  And with this final bird I’ll leave the great Texas migration and turn to some of the birds that have been frequenting my yard during the months of May and June.

Ovenbird