2-15-2020....Seen in east Austin. The green heron is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin for "greenish". Wikipedia
2-14-2020....Yesterday at Lady Bird WFC in Austin. This is a rare bird for central Texas. Yesterday was the first ever sighting at WFC and it increased our total bird species count up to 138. Hutton's vireo is a small songbird. It is approximately 5 inches in length, dull olive-gray above and below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint white wing bars. It closely resembles a ruby-crowned kinglet, but has a thicker bill and is slightly larger in size. Wikipedia
2-13-2020....Austin, Texas.
