Spring Birds Along the Rio Grande, #2 Posted On: May 4, 2019 By: Steve Miller Filed Under: Nature Tagged In: . Myrtle warbler, Bewicks wren, Black-crowned night herons, Black-headed grosbeaks, Blue grosbeaks, Indigo buntings, Say's phoebes, Western kingbird, Western tanager, Wilson's, Yellow warblers, Yellow-breasted chats, Yellow-rumped warbler Spring Birds Along the Rio Grande, #2. Wow! Beautiful birds and beautiful birdsong. The Western tanagers and Yellow-rumped warblers are migrating through, and will be gone pretty soon. The former will move to higher elevations and/or further north. The latter (seen here) is a variant of the Yellow-rumped , called a Myrtle warbler, and it, too, will move into higher elevation. The Bewick’s wren may stick around, as could the Western kingbird. We look very much forward to these spring birds! Read More…