More Warblers at Progreso Lakes, 11/5/20

 A Blue Bunting was found at the Birding Center on South Padre Island day before yesterday, so I was thinking about running out there to get it on my SPI list which stands at about 310.  But after taking out the trash and seeing a nice flock of warblers in the yard I decided to stay home.  This was good since I had forgotten a butterfly group was coming over to visit the yard.  Well after they left I went back to looking for birds and then it turned into a day of warbler watching.  The hot spot was our little bird bath where the birds lined up to take turns splashing around.  I was happy to see the first winter female Black-throated Gray Warbler up close and not high in a tree.

There were two Yellow-throated Warblers and the dominant one took his spot at the bath.

A Magnolia Warbler landed for a second above the bath but flew when I raised my camera.  The Northern Parula then came in and was a nice substitute.  Notice the photo bomb.

Four Nashville Warblers was my high count.

This Orange-crowned Warbler seemes to have a very pale undertail coverts like a Tennessee.  But otherwise it's all Orange-crowned.

The Wilson's Warbler came in right on schedule.  Kind of a poor photo.

A Common Yellowthroat has also been spending time in our brush patch.

A couple of days ago I glimpsed what I though was a Yellow Warbler.  It's getting a little late in the season for those so I was happy to see it for real.

I was undable to get a photo of the Black-throated Green Warbler but did get one of the common Yellow-rumped Warbler.

So the warbler species total for the day was eleven which is our one day high.  But the warblers may have paled in comparieson to our other yard visitor.  I was looking for butterflies in the brush patch when I came across this Texas Coral Snake.  Red and yellow means dangerous fellow.