Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Little Traveler


I have been seeing this little bird for about a week, flitting about in the mesquites and palo verdes and the texas sage, always moving too fast or too obscured to see it clearly



finally yesterday I got a clear shot 


it appears to be, according to Roger Tory Peterson, a Yellow-Rumped Warbler in its winter plumage (I had caught sight of its yellow rump another day, but the Magnolia Warbler also has a yellow rump...this pale plumage identifies it)...this desert area is a stop over point for many migrating birds, and I see different ones each spring and fall as the birds move north and south...in 4 and a half years I have seen a solitary Robin only twice...






1 comment:

  1. Hi Tina B!

    I have never seen a robin here! But then you are the observer of nature that I admire. Photos of desert, lizards and birds - who could ask for more?
    xo

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