This was the last day of photography for my 2018 Spring birding visit.

What I hope is a Black-crested titmouse.  This species was split from the original Tufted titmouse species after I left Texas, so I’m not intimately familiar with the split.

A male Yellow warbler...

And finally, my good friend the male Summer tanager…

And a female Summer tanager which proved to be either more elusive or not as frequent a visitor.

This concludes posts of the birds of Texas from my April, 2018 visit.  I’ve been accumulating some interesting photos from the Skagit Count area which I’ll probably publish next, then I’ll probably post photos from my June, 2018, visit to Eastern Washington.

I’m beginning to run out of bird species I haven’t published for this trip, so some of these are going to be repeats of the same species but featuring different photos.  However, this post contains one of my favorite Texas species that I hadn’t seen previously on this trip.

Starting off with a photo of a male Northern cardinal…

Another photo of a male Black-chinned hummingbird, with this photo showing a tiny bit of the blue on the bird’s gorget.  I had a very difficult time getting a photo of the bright gorget.

Another photo of an adult male Summer tanager, followed by a photo of a first-year male which has yet to achieve its full red color.

And finally, one of my favorite Texas birds… a White-eyed vireo.  I’m fascinated by the ‘expression’ on this species’ face!

A male Brown-headed cowbird…

Another Black and White warbler…

A Ladder-backed woodpecker, a staple of the Live oaks in the Hill Country…

A female Summer tanager…

And finally, a pair of wrens…

a Bewick’s wren, a species we have here in the Pacific Northwest,

and a Carolina wren, a species whose range extends northeast from Texas…

I’m nearing the end of my Texas visit so the photos I’m posting from here on out will mostly be of species I’ve previously posted, just taken on different days and in somewhat different settings.

Starting off we have another male Painted bunting…

And another pair of Northern cardinals…

And anther photo of what I believe is a Swainson’s thrush…

Two more photos of Nashville warblers…

And finally, a photo of a male Black-chinned hummingbird…

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.