Birds
2022 Highlights (all photos taken in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas)
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Snow Geese - Laguna Atascosa NWR
Mottled Duck - South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
Plain Chachalacas having words - Salineno
Northern Bobwhite - Salineno
Scaled Quail - Rancho Lomitas
Wild Turkey - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Pied-billed Grebe - Estero Llano Grande State Park
White-tipped Dove - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Inca Dove - Salineno
Greater Roadrunner - Rancho Lomitas
Groove-billed Ani - Quinta Mazatlan
Black-billed Cuckoo - South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
Common Pauraque - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Laguna Vista Nature Trail
Sandhill Crane with Green-winged Teal - Brushline Road
Black-necked Stilts Having Words - Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
Black-crowned Night Heron - Valley Acres Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - UTRGV Brownsville
Snowy Egret having a bad hair day - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Snowy Egret with aberrant bill color - South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
Great Egret with prize - South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
Tricolored Heron - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Green Heron - South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
Turkey Vulture - La Sal del Rey NWR
Osprey with prize - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Juvenile Mississippi Kite - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
White-tailed Kite - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Befuddled young Cooper's Hawk - Alamo
Adult Cooper's Hawk - Alamo
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk - Hugh Ramsey Nature Park
Hook-billed Kite - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Red-tailed Hawk - Riviera
Harris' Hawk - Old Military Highway
Burrowing Owl - Alamo
Ringed Kingfisher - Frontera Audubon Thicket
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (female) - Salineno
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (female) - Rancho Lomitas
Immature Crested Caracaras - Brushline Road
Great Kiskadee - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Loggerhead Shrikes courtship-feeding - Alamo
Green Jay - Salineno
Purple Martin - Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
Black-crested Titmouse - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Clay-colored Thrush - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Gray Catbird - South Padre Island Convention Centre
House Finch - UTRGV Brownsville
Morelet's Seedeater - Salineno
Olive Sparrow - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Savannah Sparrow - Brushline Road
Lincoln's Sparrow - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Audubon's Oriole - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Bronzed Cowbird - Progresso
Hooded Oriole - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Altamira Oriole - Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Great-tailed Grackle - Laguna Vista Nature Trail
Orange-crowned Warbler - Estero Llano Grande State Park
Northern Parula - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Prairie Warbler - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Hooded Warbler - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Indigo Bunting - South Padre Island Convention Centre
Northern Cardinal - Frontera Audubon Thicket
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