Yesterday our local weatherman announced Weslaco had reached 100F for the 70th time this year. And here at Progreso Lakes we've had maybe a half inch of rain since May and less than five inches for the year. The upshot is it's dry out there. I set an all time high for our Progreso Lakes yard of 110 species last month and my only explanation is our acre yard on Moon Lake is an oasis attracting hungry and thirsty migrants. Now the hummingbirds are here in greater numbers than I've ever seen with at least twenty migrant Ruby-throats,
I enjoy the variation in sprouting gorget feathers among the young males.
Best I can tell this young female Selasphorus is unidentifiable despite some pretty good spread tail shots. It's either a Rufous or an Allen's. We still need Allen's Hummingbird for our yard list.
We have at least three Buff-bellied Hummingbirds.
Tomorrow Ron Weeks is coming down from Lake Jackson and we're going to drive up the beach on South Padre Island and hope to add some juicy birds to our Willacy County lists. Should be fun. And next week I'm off to Argentina and Tierra del Fuego where I'm going to be looking at temperatures in the low 40's. It will be cold but a nice change.
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