Yesterday a Broad-billed Hummingbird was photographed at the Convention Center on South Padre Island. I saw the alert on WhatsApp at about 4pm and decided it was too late to make the long drive ou there for this first Cameron County record. Well I finally got over there at 9 this morning and missed the bird by a couple of minutes. And then it failed to show over the next five hours. I was about to give up when the WhatsApp dinged again and this time it was Javi Gonzalez over at the SPI Birding Center and he had just found a Hermit Warbler. I saw the one at the Convention Center five years ago but I can't say no to a Hermit Warbler. I guess this is an adult female. So the string of lost western birds on South Padre Island continues.
Afterwards I returned to the Convention Center and found this late immature female Canada Warbler. I don't know if I've ever seen this plumage before.
Yesterday I was looking for butterflies in our little brush patch at Progreso Lakes when I came across this plucky little Hooded Warbler. It was only the second I've seen in our yard. He made sure to keep a few twigs in the way to make photography difficult.
I'm still hoping that Broad-billed Hummer shows up at a feeder on the Island somewhere.
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