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

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

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

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

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

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

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

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

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

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

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

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

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

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

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

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

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

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

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

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

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

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

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

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Unknown Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )