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High Island, Texas - April 2008

Warblers : page 1

Black-throated Green Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pairie Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Hooded Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Yellowthroat

Blue-winged Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Northern Parula

Palm Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

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One of the big attractions of High Island are the multitude of warblers that pass through each spring and they are without doubt the biggest crowd pullers. Here are a selection of those seen from around the Upper Texas Coast. Some species were not photographed due to their extremely skulking behaviour, such as Swainson's Warbler, they had not yet passed through in any numbers by the time I had left, such as Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, Bay-breasted, Magnolia and Canada Warblers. These latter species migrate later and were the dominant warblers species within a few days of me returning to the UK.

Yellow Warbler Boy Scout Wood; quite scarce with only a couple seen.

This stunning male Blackburnian Warbler at Smith Oaks was the only one of the trip. It was in the very top of a tree which required me to hand hold the hefty 500mm lens, hence the not so sharp picture They were thin on the ground during my time here though were commoner after I left.

Cerulean Warblers are amongst the most prized of the wood warblers at High Island, along with Golden-winged. The above bird sat posing at Smith Oaks but was unfortunately under the canopy whilst the bird below was from Sabine Woods a week earlier. In a word, stunning.

Black-throated Green Warbler Boy Scout Wood. Always a pleasure seeing and seeing them this well is even better.

Simply Wow. This stunning male Black-and-white Warbler at the photo blind drip at Boy Scout Wood was one of the overall highlights of the entire trip. Black-and-whites were not uncommon at High Island with others also visiting the drip but this male has it all, a fantastic individual bird.

The female below is also a great looking bird but unfortunately does not have the something extra the male has above.

Yellow-rumped Warbler Sabine Wood. Surprisingly only a few were seen as most had moved north with this the only adult male bird seen.

This Prairie Warbler at Smith Oaks Wood was the only one of the trip and bit of a local rarity.