Northern Shrike
Anybody else see this cool local visitor?

Anybody else see this cool local visitor?

I spent the last week in Davis Mountains. Here’s a few locals. Having heard of 88 mountain plovers near San Angelo, I detoured that direction on the way home and found about a dozen on a cold and rainy morning. Nice turf farm there on Susan Peak road. See map below if you want to…
Covid sparrowfest amigos
Here’s one i know u wont have trouble with. but for those of you up to the challenge, i’d like u to detail the differences between this bird seen at mills pond this morning, and others of the “solitary Vireo complex”. (actually I think this is 2 individuals, same species).
Reddish Egrets don’t always dance around crazily. Note bi-colored bill. Corpus 2/24/25.
Fall migration is in the air! Dickcissels and at least 4 upland sandpipers going over on this morning’s walk.
First from Lake Balmorhea, 2nd from Choke Canyon Reservoir. ID?