Warbler Chip Note
Well yeah!!!

Well yeah!!!

Love it when it’s quiet enough to hear the snap of warbler bills. The “snap” may be the warblers popping open elm seeds, as it sounds particularly loud these days. Update: I now believe the snap I hear is the warbler bill coming together on an insect. Not seeds popping. I knew y’all were waiting…
But we are so egalitarian that we also do warbler faces!! Again, thanks to Eric and the Warbler Guide!! The following and more can be found at the website for The Warbler Guide by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle. Their book is excellent and innovative!!
Today’s Birds of the Bolivar Peninsula reminder is on Ibis.
Here’s a few from High Island and east Texas trip, also a stop at Attwater. The Longspur put on a closeup show — landing at my feet and foraging unconcerned for 10 birders. The rail also waltzed out practically between our feet! Thanks to all the participants for being such good-natured birding compadres and to…
Migration is happening!! Tons of yellow warblers and gnatcatchers at Hornsby and a few others sprinkled in like Clay-colored Sparrow and a Flycatcher someone can ID. Also 14 species of shorebirds including Avocets and Semipalm Plovers.
and a few more.