Texas April 2019 Birds & Wildlife

We saw a total of 35 new birds on this 5 Day trip.

Day 2: Alamo Inn – S. Padre Island Conv. Center – West Sheepshead St. – Lahuna Vista Nature Trail – Brownsville Dump – Sabal Palms Sanctuary – Resaca de la Palma – Oliveira Park

  • White eyed Vireo
  • Buff bellied Hummingbird
  • Olive Sparrow
  • Varied Bunting
  • Harris’s Hawk
  • White tailed Hawk
  • Chihuahuan Raven
  • Franklin’s Gull

Day 3: Alamo Inn – SalineƱo Birding Area – Falcon State Park – Falcon County Park – Roma Bluffs – Bentsen State Park

  • Audubon’s Oriole
  • Pyrrhuloxia
  • Greater Roadrunner
  • Ash throated Flycatcher
  • Black throated Sparrow
  • Red billed Pigeon

Day 4: Alamo Inn – Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge – Old Port Isabel Rd – Palo Alto National Park – Aplomado Falcon Platform – Laguna VIsta Nature Trail – McCallen

  • Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Cassin’s Sparrow
  • Northern Bobwhite

Day 4: Alamo Inn – Quinta Mazatlan – McCallen Nature Center – La Sal Del Ray

  • Crimson Collared Grosbeak
  • Black Chinned Hummingbird
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Long billed Thrasher
  • Black crested Titmouse
  • Ladder backed Woodpecker
  • Altamira Oriole
  • Inca Dov
  • Red crowned Parrot
  • Mexican Mallard
  • Plain Chachalaca
  • White tailed Kite
  • Cave Swallow
  • Elf Owl
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • Green Parakeet
  • Yellow headed Parrot

We did see a few other things besides birds…….

like this Texas Tortoise

This Common Spotted Whiptail was cute

and this Rose bellied Lizard

..this Silver Garden Orbweaver not as much