For the last 3 weeks I have watched a pair of yellow warblers in my yard. I live 1.5 hours south of Wichita Falls, Texas. All of my books show they go no further south than N. Oklahoma. I'm a new birder and don't really know how accurate or close most maps are.
[QUOTE=couger]For the last 3 weeks I have watched a pair of yellow warblers in my yard. I live 1.5 hours south of Wichita Falls, Texas. All of my books show they go no further south than N. Oklahoma. I'm a new birder and don't really know how accurate or close most maps are.[/QUOTE]
Yellow warblers are migrating this time of year.
Here's a map. yellow means see during migration only.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/progra...arbler.html#map
I have seen yellow warblers in a couple of locations in SE Texas the last few weeks.
here's another link showing details of when and where Yellow warblers are found in texas. Has map and graphs.
(You may need to sign up for a free acount with ebird.org to view the results however. Ebird is pretty cool is afiliated with Audubon and Cornell University-so they don't send you spam)
http://www.ebird.org/goBeta/GuideMe...2&continue.y=12
-John
Yes, as John pointed out, these fellows migrate south. Many of them winter in southern Mexico or South America.