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

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

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

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

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

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

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

Unknown Sandpiper

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

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

Sora (Porzana carolina)

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

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

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

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

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

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

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

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

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

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

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

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

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)