blue-headed vireo

Closeup look at this pretty little migrating bird in our area

Seems to be a few of these guys around this season

but its the first decent shot I've gotten of its face.

I was surprised to see this one.

....I'd call this guy/gal a "Gray-headed Vireo" Never have I seen their head looking blue

.....Why they are not called Gray-headed Vireos. I've seen them in all kinds of lighting and their head still looks gray.

Among the Blue headed Vireos there was a White-eyed which I'll upload this week.

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius subsp. solitarius) Sexes similar. South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.

Another not too often seen bird.

Sorry about the crappy setting but it was moving around so fast and I finally got a look at its face.

This handsome bird gives me a chance to click only once a year if I'm lucky.

It seems way too early to be seeing one of these beauties

Taken in our yard.

A little better than yesterday. They love my Black Willow Tree, along with many warblers and kinglets; I wonder why.

Still a few migrants around. We found this one on outing with my Thursday Morning Birding Group.

This morning there were so many birds passing through on my property. This is the first time that I think that I have seen a B-hV*, so to get a shot and on my property on the same day that I saw that awesome Bald Eagle Flyover...what a great day for birding! * OK now I realize from the All...

It seems that they've split this group into three species just to confuse me. It was much easier to know only the Solitary Vireo.

I finially updated my bird guides with Sibley's Guide to Birds and the other on Bird Life and Behavior. My other field guides all called this a Solitary Vireo. I guess this kind of dates me.

I thought I'd post this one also just to show the entire bird. The kingfisher was taken 5 minuets later.

It's always nice to get a new lifer at home, and one that poses so well. It all came together that day, and 5 minutes later I got a another surprise that I will post another day.

I'm not complaining though ;) Such a change in weather this a.m. Could actually open a window for a couple of hours before the heat set in.