Golden Fronted Woodpecker - Male

These pictures were taken on January 24th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Yellow Rumped Warbler

These pictures were taken on January 29th, 2009 at the Edinburg Lagoons, Tx.

Eastern Phoebe

These pictures were taken on January 29th, 2009 at the Edinburg Lagoons, Tx.

Mockingbird

This picture was taken on January 24th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Great Kiskadee

This picture was taken on January 24th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Tx.

Kestral

This picture was taken on January 23rd, 2009 at Anzalduos County Park, Tx.

Vermillion Flycatcher

This picture was taken on January 23rd, 2009 at the Anzalduos County Park, Tx.

Great Egret

This picture was taken at Edinburg Lagoons, Tx on January 29th, 2009.

Golden Fronted Woodpecker

These pictures were taken on January 19th and 20th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx. Note that the male has a red cap on the top of his head whereas the female doesn't.

Yellow Rumped Warbler

This picture was taken on January 19th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rion Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Orange Crowned Warbler

These pictures were taken on January 19th, 2009 at the Benstsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Black Crested Titmouse

These pictures were taken on January 29th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Great Kiskadee

These pictures were taken on January 19th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Tx.

Green Jay

These pictures were taken on January 19th and 20th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Tx.

Northern Cardinal, male and female

These pictures were taken on January 13th and 20th at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Indigo Bunting, Male

This picture was taken on January 20th, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx. This is winter plummage. In the summer, the male is completely blue.

Yellow Rumped Warbler

These pictures were taken on January 13th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Altamira/Audubon's Oriole cross

These pictures were taken on January 13th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. Where it's a cross of an Altamira and an Audubon's Oriole, it's common nickname is a Smudgy.

Mockingbird

This picture was taken on January 13th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx.

Great Kiskadee

This picture was taken on January 13th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Tx.

Green Jay

These pictures were taken on January 12th & 13th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Tx. They aren't bad pictures, but stay tuned, I hope to get much better ones.

Hummingbird-ruby Throated juvenile

These pictures were taken on January 11th, 2009 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Tx. I was trying to stop wing motion and have the entire bird in focus. These shots were taken at 1/8000's of a second, f11 with an ISO of 800 and a better beamer flash. If you look closely wing motion is almost stopped, just the last two feathers showing a little blur, so I came close, but I hate the background, it's grainy due to the high ISO and underexposure of the background. Oh well, the professionals use up to 7 flashes and an artificial background.