Late Afternoon Birding

Skip and I got the car's oil changed today in Brownsville. We then had lunch at D'Tony's just up  the Frontage Rd from the Toyota dealer. After lunch we went shopping at TJ Maxx, Target, Michaels, and Office Depot.

Back on the island we stopped at the Sheepshead lot and got to see a couple of new birds for us this trip.

Skip spotted our first black and white warbler. They really seem to like the bugs attracted by the weepy honey mesquite trees.

He then spotted a long-billed thrasher.

Our first blue grey gnatcatcher.

 We were losing the light so it was hard to get a great shot

These two great kiskadees were OK sharing this tree.

This is the first time I've seen the yellow crest peeking through the tops of their heads.

We didn't see a single bird at the lot on the other side of the street. Then we realized why when we spotted the resident Cooper's hawk.

It was pretty cool to see some new birds. The migration has started.