NORTHERN BIRD MIGRATION - HANGING OUT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER TO SEE ALL WE CAN SEE

 I keep a watch on the Facebook Group "Rio Grande Valley Birding" so that if someone is seeing something exciting, we can take a look. Well, people were starting to post tons of pictures of birds that are rarely seen that are now migrating North. Well, we thought we better get over there and see what we could see. We took tons of pictures and saw soooo many warblers that we haven't seen before. There was such a variety of birds and it was hard to know where to look. 

So, here are the pictures of the birds that we saw at the South Padre  Island Convention Center grounds. I still haven't gotten through the pictures of the birds we saw on the Laguna Madre which is behind the Convention Center. I'll post those once I get through them.

AMERICAN REDSTART

BALTIMORE ORIOLE

BALTIMORE ORIOLE

BALTIMORE ORIOLE

BLACK BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS

BLACK THROATED GREEN WARBLER

HUMMER ON A BOTTLE BRUSH BUSH

CLAY COLORED SPARROW

                                         COMMON GRACKLE

GRAY CATBIRD

GREAT TAILED GRACKLE

GREY CATBIRD, FEMALE

GREY CATBIRD

                                         INDIGO BUNTING

                              INDIGO BUNTING, FEMALE

                                      LINCOLN SPARROW

                          MAMA MALLARD SQUAWKING 

                         AT ONLOOKERS TO KEEP AWAY

                                              MALLARD

                              NORTHERN WATER THRUSH

OLIVE BACKED PIPIT

ORCHARD ORIOLE

ORCHARD ORIOLE ON BOTTLE BRUSH BUSH

PAINTED BUNTING

                                                                   PINE WARBLER

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD

SCARLET TANAGER

RED WINGED BLACKBIRD, NOT MATURE

Clay Colored Sparrow

 SUMMER TANAGER

SUMMER TANAGER

SUMMER TANAGER, FIRST SPRING

TAMAULIPAS CROW

TENNESSEE WABLER