Good news, at least for me!  I’ve finished processing all of the photos (numbering well over 1000) I took in Texas.  Here are a few more…

This Bewick’s wren range extends to the Pacific Northwest…

This Carolina wren was raising a family in a nest box and was feeding young.  On several occasions I saw the bird bring back one of these caterpillars.

This is probably everyone’s favorite Texas bird, the amazing male Painted bunting.  The Painted buntings are spring/summer migrants to Central Texas. 

And this is the bird’s mate, the female Painted bunting.  Not as spectacular, but an attractive bird nevertheless. 

Other mainly spring migrants to Central Texas are the hummingbirds.  Here is the more numerous (male) Black-chinned hummingbird.  Notice the color of the bird’s gorget which is not noticeable unless the light reflects off of it at just the right angle. 

And finally, for this post, the rarer (male) Ruby-throated hummingbird.  Even the males of these two species can be confused when the gorgets are not showing and the birds are darting among the trees and bushes chasing each other at lightening speeds.  And the females, for me at least, are next to impossible to tell apart.