Remember that gray-crowned yellowthroat

 

….we were looking for before we went to Houston?  It is still being reported down here in the Valley.  We missed it several times before, so we got serious and showed up right about dawn to find it.  That worked perfectly.  We walked right up on it, close to the trail, and photographed it.

 

Here is what common yellowthroats look like.

These are the ones we see almost every day.  They’re always near water.

 

Here is the gray-crowned yellowthroat.

He likes it drier.  He likes it in South America.

 

Way cool.  Lifer!