Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrina

I am convinced that this is a Hooded Warbler. The marking on the face is unmistakeable. The bird was in the bottom of a creek bed, and I was 15 feet above and approximately 50 feet away. There was a fair amount of fern-like grass between me & it. This was the clearest picture.

"There can be no mistaking the male hooded warbler. Olive-green above and bright yellow below, he sports an extensive black hood that frames his golden face and fore-head. So intense is the contrast that the face seems to glow with an inner light, even in the dense shade of the forest floor ... During migration, from late August through September and again from late March until early May, they occur commonly through eastern Texas and along the coast."

Photo taken with a William Optics 80mm f/6 telescope & Nikon D70 at prime focus.

September 17, 2005.