A birding and nature tour in south-central Texas,
from the Gulf Coast west to the Hill Country.

Dates:

March 5-12, 2014


Codes:              
        
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(r/NA): rare in North America
(i): introduced species 

PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: RED-SHOULDERED HAWK,
one of the birds we enjoyed during the tour. 
(photo by Rhett Poppe)
 

A List & Photo Gallery of Texas Birds, in 2 parts 

In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

North American Mammals

Upcoming North American Birding & Nature Tours

1. Northern Bobwhite
   
   
2. Wild Turkey
   
   
3. Gadwall
   
   
4. American Wigeon
   
   
5. Mallard
   
   
6. Mottled Duck
   
   
7. Blue-winged Teal
   
   
8. Northern Shoveler
   
   
9. Northern Pintail
   
   
10. Green-winged Teal
    
    
11. Redhead
    
    
12. Lesser Scaup
    
    
13. Bufflehead
    
    
14. White-winged Scoter
    
    
15. Hooded Merganser
    
    
16. Ruddy Duck
    
    
17. Least Grebe 
    
    
18. Pied-billed Grebe 
    
    
19. Brown Pelican 
    
    
20. American White Pelican
    
    
21. Neotropic Cormorant 
    
    
22. Double-crested Cormorant 
    
    
23. Great Blue Heron 
    
    
24. Great Egret 
    
    
25. Snowy Egret 
    
    
26. Little Blue Heron 
    
    
27. Tricolored Heron 
    
    
28. Green Heron
    
    
29. Black-crowned Night-Heron 
    
     
30. White Ibis 
    
    
31. White-faced Ibis 
    
    
32. Roseate Spoonbill 
    
    
33. Turkey Vulture  
    
    
34. Black Vulture 
    
    
35. Osprey 
    
    
36. Northern Harrier
    
    
37. Cooper's Hawk
    
    
38. Red-shouldered Hawk 
    
    
39. White-tailed Hawk 
    
    
40. Red-tailed Hawk 
    
    
41. Northern Crested Caracara 
    
    
42. American Kestrel
    
    
43. Merlin
    
    
44. Aplomado Falcon
    
    
45. Sora
    
    
46. Purple Gallinule 
    
    
47. Common Gallinule 
    
    
48. American Coot 
    
    
49. Whooping Crane  (t2)
    
    
50. Sandhill Crane
    
    
51. American Golden Plover
    
    
52. Killdeer 
    
    
53. Black-necked Stilt 
    
    
54. Greater Yellowlegs 
    
     
55. Lesser Yellowlegs 
    
    
56. Solitary Sandpiper
    
    
57. Willet 
    
    
58. Spotted Sandpiper 
    
    
59. Whimbrel
    
    
60. Ruddy Turnstone 
    
    
61. Sanderling 
    
    
62. Semipalmated Sandpiper 
    
    
63. Least Sandpiper 
    
    
64. Short-billed Dowitcher
     
    
65. Wilson's Snipe
     
    
66. Laughing Gull 
    
    
67. Bonaparte's Gull
    
    
68. Ring-billed Gull 
    
    
69. Herring Gull
    
    
70. Lesser Black-backed Gull
    
    
71. Royal Tern 
    
    
72. Common Tern 
    
    
73. Forster's Tern 
    
    
74. Black Skimmer 
    
    
75. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) 
    
    
76. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) 
    
    
77. White-winged Dove 
    
    
78. Mourning Dove 
    
    
79. Greater Roadrunner 
    
    
80. Eastern Screech Owl
    
    
81. Great Horned Owl 
    
    
82. Black-chinned Hummingbird 
    
    
83. Belted Kingfisher
    
     
84. Golden-fronted Woodpecker 
    
    
85. Red-bellied Woodpecker 
    
    
86. Ladder-backed Woodpecker 
    
    
87. Eastern Phoebe 
    
    
88. Vermilion Flycatcher
    
    
89. Great Kiskadee
     
    
90. Loggerhead Shrike 
    
    
91. White-eyed Vireo
     
    
92. Hutton's Vireo
    
    
93. Blue Jay
    
    
94. Green Jay
    
    
95. Western Scrub Jay
    
    
96. American Crow
    
    
97. Chihuahuan Raven
    
    
98. Common Raven
     
    
99. Purple Martin 
    
    
100. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
     
     
101. Cave Swallow 
     
      
102. Barn Swallow  
     
     
103. Carolina Chickadee 
     
     
104. Black-crested Titmouse 
     
     
105. Verdin
     
     
106. Carolina Wren 
     
     
107. Bewick's Wren 
     
     
108. Marsh Wren 
     
     
109. Canyon Wren 
     
     
110. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
     
     
111. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
     
     
112. Eastern Bluebird 
     
     
113. American Robin
     
     
114. Northern Mockingbird 
     
     
115. European Starling (i) 
     
     
116. Cedar Waxwing
     
     
117. American Pipit
     
     
118. House Finch
     
     
119. Lesser Goldfinch
     
     
120. American Goldfinch
     
     
121. Orange-crowned Warbler
     
     
122. Northern Parula 
     
     
123. Yellow-rumped Warbler 
     
     
124. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) 
     
     
125. Black-and-white Warbler 
     
     
126. Common Yellowthroat
     
     
127. Red-winged Blackbird 
     
     
128. Great-tailed Grackle
     
     
129. Boat-tailed Grackle 
     
     
130. Brewer's Blackbird
     
     
131. Brown-headed Cowbird 
     
     
132. Western Meadowlark
     
     
133. Eastern Meadowlark
     
     
134. Audubon's Oriole
      
     
135. Spotted Towhee 
     
     
136. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
     
     
137. Chipping Sparrow
     
     
138. Field Sparrow
     
     
139. Vesper Sparrow 
     
     
140. Lark Sparrow 
     
     
141. Savannah Sparrow
     
     
142. Song Sparrow
     
     
143. Lincoln's Sparrow 
     
     
144. Harris' Sparrow
     
     
145. White-crowned Sparrow
     
     
146. Northern Cardinal 
     
     
147. Pyrrhuloxia 
     
     
148. House Sparrow (i) 
       

1. Eastern Fox Squirrel 
   
   
2. Rock Squirrel
   
   
3. Northern Raccoon 
   
   
4. Gray Fox 
   
   
5. Coyote  (heard)
   
   
6. Eastern Cottontail
   
   
7. White-tailed Deer
   
   
8. Hispid Cotton Rat
   
   
9. Nutria
   
   
10. Bottle-nosed Dolphin  
    
    
    
11. American Alligator
    
    
12. turtles
    
    
13. among the butterflies: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Variegated Fritillary, Pearl Crescent
    
    
14. among the wildflowers: the famous Texas Bluebonnet