Morning Visitor

As dawn was coming, I heard the familiar sound of this guy calling to his girls. So I stepped out on the porch with my camera and waited for him to come up from bathing in the springs just down from the cabin. As the sun rose, up he come to the open field to strut his stuff. After awhile 2 girls arrived and joined him in eating some of the bugs in the grass.



 
White-eyed Vireo
 
The other good news is the Golden-cheeked Warblers have arrived, and 3 males have started singing and guarding Territories around the cabin.

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