Dakota Reflections
Texas has over 630 bird species recorded. South Texas is home to many Central American and South American birds that venture into the United States only in south Texas with 540 species recorded (86% of the state's total.
South Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
The northern caracara is a resident in Cuba, northern South America (south to northern Peru and northern Amazonian Brazil) and most of Central America and Mexico, just reaching the southernmost parts of the United States, including South Texas and Florida. Northern caracaras inhabit various types of open and semi-open country. They typically live in lowlands but can live to mid-elevation in the northern Andes, is one of few raptors that hunts on foot, often turning over branches and cow dung to reach food. The northern caracara is a carnivorous scavenger that mainly feeds on carrion, but does occasionally eat fruit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_crested_caracara
Crested Caracara
South Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Courting
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Crested Caracara
South Texas
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley
State Park
Texas
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Frontera Audubon Society
Texas
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Lincoln's Sparrow
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Northern Bobwhite
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Northern Cardinals Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal
South Texas
Pyrrhuloxia
Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Whooping Crane
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Whooping Crane
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Reddish Egret
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Texas
Reddish Egret
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Texas
Osprey
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre
Texas
Swamp Sparrow
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Turkey Vulture
South Texas
Great-tailed Grackle
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park Texas
Plain Chachalaca
Frontera Audubon Society
Texas
Harris's Hawk
South Texas
Harris's Hawk
Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Great Egret
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Texas
Great Blue Heron
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre
Texas
Altamira Oriole
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park Texas
American Oystercatcher
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Common Gallinule
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre
Texas
Black-crested Titmouse Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Frontera Audubon Society
Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Mating
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Fighting
Crested Caracara
South Texas
Curve-billed Thrasher
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Great Catbird
Laguna Atascosa
National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Great Kiskadee
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley
State Park
Texas
Loggerhead Shrike Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Long-billed Thrasher Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinals Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Northern Cardinal Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Whooping Crane
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Whooping Crane
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Texas Raccoon
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Texas
Redhead
South Padre Island Birding and
Nature Centre
Texas
Snowy Egret
South Padre Island Birding and
Nature Centre
Texas
Willet
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre
Texas
Turkey Vulture
South Texas
Long-billed Curlew
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Green Jay &
Northern Bobwhite
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
Green Jay
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Texas
Green Jay
Laguna Seca Ranch Texas
Greater Roadrunner
Laguna Atascosa
National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Great Blue Heron
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Golden-fronted Woodpecker & Northern Cardinal
Laguna Seca Ranch
Texas
American Kestrel
Laguna Atascosa
National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Crested Caracaras
South Texas
Brown Pelican
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
American Wigeon
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre
Texas
Black-throated Sparrow South Texas