Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A male Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) searches for insects in a Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) shrub at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High Island, TX, USA.
High Island is one of the first spots of dry land that a lot of songbirds see after migrating north over the Gulf of Mexico in the spring, and they sometimes spend time in the sanctuaries here resting and feeding before continuing their journey north. There were winds from the north and heavy rains a couple of nights before, too. So that forced a lot of migrating birds to concentrate here.
A male Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) searches for insects in a Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) shrub at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High Island, TX, USA.
High Island is one of the first spots of dry land that a lot of songbirds see after migrating north over the Gulf of Mexico in the spring, and they sometimes spend time in the sanctuaries here resting and feeding before continuing their journey north. There were winds from the north and heavy rains a couple of nights before, too. So that forced a lot of migrating birds to concentrate here.
