2022-09-08 on the Island

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American White Ibis - Eudocimus albus — **American White Ibis**
*(Eudocimus albus)*

**Description:**
American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 9:50

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
26.25 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** AmericanWhiteIbis_8509280-SPI-Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **American White Ibis**
*(Eudocimus albus)*

**Description:**
American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 9:50

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
26.25 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** AmericanWhiteIbis_8509280-SPI-Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus — **Eastern Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus tyrannus)*

**Description:**
Finding Eastern Kingbirds on South Padre Island in September was not difficult. With their love of high perches, seeing them was easy.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 11:03

**Location:**

South Padre Island Nature Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** EasternKingbird_8509565-SPI.BNC_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens — **Eastern Wood-Pewee**
*(Contopus virens)*

**Description:**
Eastern Wood-Pewees were not the only flycatcher species on South Padre Island in September’s fall migration, but they out-numbered all the rest.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 16:50

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** EasternWoodPewee_8500670-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina — **Hooded Warbler**
*(Setophaga citrina)*

**Description:**
Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 9:59

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250

**File Name:** HoodedWarbler_8509301-SPI-Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Parula - Setophaga americana — **Northern Parula**
*(Setophaga americana)*

**Description:**
Very few Northern Parulas spend winters in South Texas. Most of them travel south to stay the season in Mexico and in the Caribbean.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 10:56

**Location:**

South Padre Island Bird and Natu
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** NorthernParula_8509419-SPI-BNC

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla — **Wilson's Warbler**
*(Cardellina pusilla)*

**Description:**
With the recent arrival of Wilson’s Warblers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small, yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 9:24

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
26.25 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250

**File Name:** WilsonsWarbler_8509271-SPI-Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris — **Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher**
*(Empidonax flaviventris)*

**Description:**
With the recent arrival of Yellow-Bellied Flycatchers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small flycatchers became more challenging. Eastern Wood-Pewees were no longer alone here.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 11:10

**Location:**

South Padre Island Bird and Natu
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** YellowBelliedFlycatcher_8509477-SPI-BNC

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia — **Yellow Warbler**
*(Setophaga petechia)*

**Description:**
Yellow Warblers were not alone here. With the recent arrival of Wilson’s, Hooded, Canada, and Kentucky Warblers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small, yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:07 10:57

**Location:**

South Padre Island Bird and Natu
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** YellowWarbler_8509441-SPI-BNC

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-and-White Warbler - Mniotilta varia — **Black-and-White Warbler**
*(Mniotilta varia)*

**Description:**
Everything about Black-and-White Warblers differs from all the other warbler species visiting South Padre Island. From their monochromatic coloration, to their acrobatic, nuthatch-like foraging style clinging to the bark of tree trunks and branches, is in stark contrast to their more colorful cousins flitting through the canopy and dangling from the flimsiest twigs and leaves.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 14:37

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160

**File Name:** Black-and-WhiteWarbler_8500496-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Canada Warbler - Cardellina canadensis — **Canada Warbler**
*(Cardellina canadensis)*

**Description:**
Early in September on South Padre Island, we’d been seeing Canada Warblers for about a week. With the recent arrival of Wilson’s, Hooded, Yellow, and Kentucky Warblers here, assessing the identity of small yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 14:18

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125

**File Name:** CanadaWarbler_8500374-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Nashville Warbler - Leiothlypis ruficapilla — **Nashville Warbler**
*(Leiothlypis ruficapilla)*

**Description:**
With the arrival of Nashville Warblers this September on South Padre Island, and the already present Yellow, Wilson’s, Hooded, Canada, and Kentucky Warblers, assessing the identity of small yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 13:20

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100

**File Name:** NashvilleWarbler_8500012-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis — **Northern Waterthrush**
*(Parkesia noveboracensis)*

**Description:**
Northern Waterthrushes bounce as they walk through the moistened understory on South Padre Island, in search of invertebrate morsels.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 13:02

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125

**File Name:** NorthernWaterthrush_8509829-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris — **Painted Bunting**
*(Passerina ciris)*

**Description:**
Joining the flood of warblers in September on South Padre Island, was this female Painted Bunting harvesting grass seeds, a food source ignored by the visiting warblers.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:08 13:21

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400

**File Name:** PaintedBunting_8500020-SPI.Convention.Ctr_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents.

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

American White Ibis don’t begin life as the snow-white waders they are named for. They spent their early lives as chocolatey versions of their parents.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Finding Eastern Kingbirds on South Padre Island in September was not difficult. With their love of high perches, seeing them was easy.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewees were not the only flycatcher species on South Padre Island in September’s fall migration, but they out-numbered all the rest.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewees were not the only flycatcher species on South Padre Island in September’s fall migration, but they out-numbered all the rest.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south.

Northern Parula

Setophaga americana

Very few Northern Parulas spend winters in South Texas. Most of them travel south to stay the season in Mexico and in the Caribbean.

Northern Parula

Setophaga americana

Very few Northern Parulas spend winters in South Texas. Most of them travel south to stay the season in Mexico and in the Caribbean.

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

With the recent arrival of Wilson’s Warblers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small, yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.

With the recent arrival of Yellow-Bellied Flycatchers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small flycatchers became more challenging. Eastern Wood-Pewees were no longer alone here.

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Yellow Warblers were not alone here. With the recent arrival of Wilson’s, Hooded, Canada, and Kentucky Warblers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small, yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Black-and-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

Everything about Black-and-White Warblers differs from all the other warbler species visiting South Padre Island. From their monochromatic coloration, to their acrobatic, nuthatch-like foraging style clinging to the bark of tree trunks and branches, is in stark contrast to their more colorful cousins flitting through the canopy and dangling from the flimsiest twigs and leaves.

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Early in September on South Padre Island, we’d been seeing Canada Warblers for about a week. With the recent arrival of Wilson’s, Hooded, Yellow, and Kentucky Warblers here, assessing the identity of small yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewees were not the only flycatcher species on South Padre Island in September’s fall migration, but they out-numbered all the rest.

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

With the arrival of Nashville Warblers this September on South Padre Island, and the already present Yellow, Wilson’s, Hooded, Canada, and Kentucky Warblers, assessing the identity of small yellow-ish birds bouncing through the trees became more challenging.

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Northern Parula

Setophaga americana

Very few Northern Parulas spend winters in South Texas. Most of them travel south to stay the season in Mexico and in the Caribbean. Here, early in September, south Texas had their fair share of these charismatic warblers.

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

Northern Waterthrushes bounce as they walk through the moistened understory on South Padre Island, in search of invertebrate morsels.

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Joining the flood of warblers in September on South Padre Island, was this female Painted Bunting harvesting grass seeds, a food source ignored by the visiting warblers.

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Joining the flood of warblers in September on South Padre Island, was this female Painted Bunting harvesting grass seeds, a food source ignored by the visiting warblers.

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Joining the flood of warblers in September on South Padre Island, was this female Painted Bunting harvesting grass seeds, a food source ignored by the visiting warblers.

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Joining the flood of warblers in September on South Padre Island, was this female Painted Bunting harvesting grass seeds, a food source ignored by the visiting warblers.

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

With the recent arrival of Wilson’s Warblers this September on South Padre Island, assessing the identity of small, yellow-ish birds like Hooded, Canada, and Kentucky Warblers bouncing through the trees became more challenging.