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

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

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

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

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

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

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

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

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

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

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

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Unknown Sandpiper

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

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

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

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

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

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

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

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

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