Not many birds get people as excited during spring migration in Texas as the Golden-winged Warbler does. On a recent outing in Brazoria County I kept hearing reports of them being around and was certainly on the lookout but always seemed to be just a couple of steps behind this beauty. I was told that one had been seen at the drip just a few minutes before I arrived so I waited and waited and no bird! By the end of the day I had almost concluded that I would have to look for this warbler another day when this guy popped up in the vegetation along the path near me. It wasn’t a good look but I knew I had found my bird. I watched and waited as he flitted around chasing his prey in the tangles of weeds and thorns, a wing here, a tail there… Finally, for just a moment he hopped up onto an exposed perch and I was able to click off a couple of photos before he flew to a different area.

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Vermivora chrysoptera