Icterus galbula
            
               (L 8.75" WS 11.5" Wt 1.2 oz)
          
         
            
               Rich, whistling song heralds
               spring in eastern No. America
               ...look way up in trees.
          
         
            
               South Padre Island
            
               20Apr2021
          
         
            
               Sheepshead Sanctuary
            
               South Padre Island
            
               15Apr2014
          
         
            
               © BirdNote,
            
               Ellen Blackstone
          
         
         
         
            
               Icterus in Greek means
yellow
               bird; galbula in Latin means
               small yellowish bird.