Being a school teacher for the last 28 years I've not had the opportunity to go out to west Texas to see the spring migration. But now that I'm retired, I decided to make a run out to Big Bend National Park to look for some things I need on my Texas list. Hiking up the Boot Springs I saw all the expected western warblers except for Hermit. Here's a Townsend's Warbler and an Audubon's Warbler. The above pic is one of several Painted Redstarts in Boot Canyon.
Mexican Jays were friendly.
I saw several empids that I felt comfortable calling Dusky Flycatcher based on color, proportions and call note.
This Varied Bunting was in my campsite in The Basin.
Wild Turkey 2
Scaled Quail 2
Turkey Vulture X
Gray Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk 1
Zone-tailed Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove X
White-winged Dove X
Mourning Dove X
Inca Dove 2
Common Ground-Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Greater Roadrunner 1
Lesser Nighthawk 6
Whip-poor-will 1
White-throated Swift 5
Blue-throated Hummingbird 5
Lucifer Hummingbird 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1
Acorn Woodpecker 10
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Dusky Flycatcher 3
Cordilleran Flycatcher 3
Black Phoebe 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Vermilion Flycatcher 5
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3
Tropical Kingbird 2
Western Kingbird X
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1
Bell's Vireo X
Gray Vireo 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Hutton's Vireo 8
Warbling Vireo 5
Mexican Jay 20
Common Raven 1
Violet-green Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 4
Black-crested Titmouse 20
Verdin 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Cactus Wren 3
Canyon Wren 5
Bewick's Wren 15
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 3
Hermit Thrush 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Curve-billed Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 10
Virginia's Warbler 2
Colima Warbler 3
Lucy's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10
Townsend's Warbler 5
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 12
Painted Redstart 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 8
Hepatic Tanager 3
Summer Tanager 6
Western Tanager 1
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 4
Canyon Towhee 6
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4
Chipping Sparrow 40
Brewer's Sparrow 2
Black-chinned Sparrow 2
Lark Sparrow 1
Black-throated Sparrow 10
Lark Bunting 25
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Blue Grosbeak 8
Varied Bunting 3
Painted Bunting 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Scott's Oriole 2
House Finch 8
Lesser Goldfinch 2
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