Welcome the the gallery of Southern Texas Birds! To read about some of the birds of Southern Texas and ideas of where to go head to Birding Southern Texas

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja ) and Redheads (Aythya americana )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) among Laughing Gulls- Corpus Christi, Texas

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Black-bellied Whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) – South Padre Island

Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) – Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

A pair of Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) at Atascosa NWR

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Unknown Sandpiper

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

On a cloudy day this northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) took up singing on top of this yucca

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres ) and Sanderling (Sanderling) – Padre Island National Seashore

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus ) – South Padre Island

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans )- Bentson State Park, Texas

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis )- can you see it??

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

The true joy of bathing for a house sparrow (Passer domesticus ) in Texas!

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park