This was apparently a somewhat light day for birding photography.

Here’s yet another male Northern cardinal, a very common bird in central Texas.  I believe that I counted as many as five in the yard at one time, and you can pretty much assume that there was a female for every male.

There were one or two male Ruby-throated hummingbirds in and around the yard.  It’s usually rather difficult to get a good photo of the bird with its gorget bright enough to distinguish it from the more numerous Black-chinned hummingbirds.  I can’t distinguish the females between the two species.  This isn’t a great photo, but it’s a ‘record’ shot of a male in flight displaying his gorget.

Another male Painted bunting in a typical scene on a dead juniper branch.  You don’t waste branches… a dead branch is usually as good as a live one, and even better for photography.

A female Ladder-backed woodpecker on a Live oak tree…

And finally, a Western Scrub jay.  When I was growing up not that many miles away we only had Blue jays, but the balance seems to have shifted in the time since.