Northern Parula

Parula americana

"Common in mature woods near water ... Note blue-gray head and green mantel, two short white wing-bars, orange lower mandible, dark 'necklace,' and pale eye-arcs." (David Allen Sibley. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, p. 333)

"Northern parulas are common to uncommon migrants in the eastern half of the state, becoming increasingly less common westward." (Mark W. Lockwood & Brush Freeman. The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, p. 170)

Photo taken with a Nikon D90 using a Nikon 400, f/5.6.

March 30, 2013.