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Kryptos18:http://i.pbase.com/g6/61/748561/2/76406654.0wVyNFOr.jpg I think this is an out of place Lesser Goldfinch, in the blacker morph usually found in Texas. Actually, in the interest of adding related information, I live and bird regularly in SE Arizona and I can say with confidence that the black-backed morph of the Lesser Goldfinch is ...

Blue Grosbeaks are abundant there late spring to mid-fall. Not much else has that schnoz.

I wanna disagree! May I? Pretty please?? It's an Uncommon Yellow Warbling House Throat! That's it. I'm sure. Really.

i like bunting as well---plus, it may just be my monitor but i think i see blue on the upper tail

Lesser Goldfinch is very common there---agree that second pic reinforces that.

I'm not crazy about an Oriole for this bird---something not right about the silhouette and the tail. I'm more inclined toward a warbler, but with no clear head shot, can't think of one that fits (although I see striping coming through the face reminiscent of a Townsend's). Having said that, I've seen Scott's Orioles at San Pedro house and in the ...

When I read your comment about it being out of range I was a bit surprised---I think of Townsend's and Hermit Warblers as regulars in fall and spring here, and I'm just a few hours west of you. Then I looked in my book and by golly, they're out of range in my book too!  Hah! They are regular, predictable migrants here for a month or two every ...

Kryptos18:I did a quick ratio of the gutter width on the part that's visible to the hawk's total length. Assuming an average gutter width of 3.25in at the narrowest part (according to the widths I found online), that bird is between 16 and 19 inches, nowhere near 24 inches. I also go with comparing size by standard dimensions: a standard ...

hmmm...I wasn't writing anything, just posting a photo. Perhaps that's all it was---next time I'll try writing something (different) with each photo post.

Thanks Kryptos---that's what I came up with but have been corrected before on that ID.