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

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

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

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

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

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

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

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

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

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

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

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

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

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

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

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

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

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

Unknown Sandpiper

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)