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-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

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

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

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

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

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

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

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

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

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

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

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

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Unknown Sandpiper

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

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

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

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

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

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

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

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

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

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

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)