| Species |
Comments |
| Least Grebe |
SA & SP where numerous |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
|
| Slavonian Grebe |
1 at LA - in with 1000's of Coot
on Laguna |
| American White Pelican |
Kemah Boardwalk, Houston & SS |
| Brown Pelican |
All coastal locations |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
|
| Great Blue Heron |
|
| Great Egret |
|
| Reddish Egret |
|
| Tricoloured Heron |
|
| Little Blue Heron |
|
| Snowy Egret |
|
| Black-crowned Night Heron |
Regularly towards dusk, Kemah
Boardwalk, Houston |
| Wood Stork |
Approach road to LA only |
| White Ibis |
SS |
| Roseate Spoonbill |
Small flock over approach road to
LA. Also SS |
| Black-bellied
Whistling-duck |
PE |
| American Wigeon |
Rio Grande at SL, SC |
| Gadwall
|
|
| Mallard |
|
| Northern Pintail |
SS |
| Blue-winged Teal |
SP |
| Northern Shoveler |
|
| Redhead |
LA, SP etc |
| Lesser Scaup |
LA only |
| Ruddy
Duck |
LA |
| Black Vulture |
Rio Grande at SL |
| Turkey Vulture |
|
| Osprey |
|
| Hook-billed Kite |
One probable along Rio Grande at
SL |
| Northern Harrier |
|
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Probably also Cooper's but not
confident on IDs to claim both |
| Harris' Hawk |
SA, LA approach road, road to Boca
Chica beach etc |
| Grey
Hawk |
Ad & juv at BE |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
SA |
| White-tailed Hawk |
Route 150 near Bayview, SE of
Harligen only |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Over fields
near SP |
| Crested Caracara |
Widespread in SL, FA area. Also 2
at LA |
| American Kestrel |
|
| Plain Chachalaca |
At nearly all RGV site feeders,
apart from SL |
| Sandhill Crane |
Flock in flight from LA approach
road |
| Virginia Rail |
One at dusk at SC boardwalk |
| American Coot |
LA etc |
| Black-necked Stilt |
|
| American Avocet |
|
| Grey Plover |
LA, SS |
| Semipalmated Plover |
SC |
| Killdeer |
LA |
| Piping Plover |
SC |
| Kentish Plover |
SC |
| Wilson's Snipe |
Flock at Willow Lake SA |
| Long-billed Curlew |
LA |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
SA |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Rio Grande at SL |
| Willet |
LA, Boca Chica Beach etc |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
|
| Sanderling |
|
| Western Sandpiper |
|
| Least Sandpiper |
|
| Dunlin |
|
| Stilt Sandpiper |
SA |
| Ring-billed Gull |
Boca Chica Beach |
| American Herring Gull |
|
| Laughing Gull |
|
| Caspian Tern |
|
| Royal
Tern |
|
| Forster's Tern |
|
| Mourning Dove |
|
| White-winged Dove |
SL, SC |
| Common Ground-dove |
|
| Inca Dove |
At most RGV site feeders |
| White-tipped Dove |
At most RGV site feeders |
| Green Parakeet |
10th in north McAllen between
Violet & Dove |
| Greater Roadrunner |
FA, LA |
| Buff-bellied
Hummingbird |
QM, SP |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
QM only |
| Ringed Kingfisher |
3 at Rio Grande at SL |
| Green Kingfisher |
SA, SP |
| Golden-fronted
Woodpecker |
Common at most RGV feeders and
also at PE |
| Ladder-backed
Woodpecker |
BE feeders only |
| Least Flycatcher |
1 at SP |
| Eastern Phoebe |
|
| Vermilion Flycatcher |
2 at PE, 1 at FA |
| Great Kiskadee |
Widespread from QM onwards |
| Couch's
Kingbird |
1 at SP behind visitor centre |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
| Carolina Wren |
|
| Bewick's Wren |
2 on nature trail at FA |
| Grey Catbird |
|
| Northern Mockingbird |
|
| Long-billed Thrasher |
QM and other RGV sites |
| Curve-billed Thrasher |
More obvious than above |
| Clay-coloured Robin |
1 at QM on main feeders behind
house (ID'd from photo) |
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher |
|
| Black-crested
Titmouse |
|
| Verdin |
1 at FA |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
|
| Green
Jay |
At all feeding
stations? |
| Common Starling |
|
| Blue-headed Vireo |
Glimpse of 1-2 at SP |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
Abudant |
| Magnolia Warbler |
1 prob this at SC |
| Prairie Warbler |
1 at SC |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
1 at QM, 1 Frontera Aududon
Thicket, Weslaco |
| American Redstart |
1 at SC |
| Common Yellowthroat |
1 at SC |
| Wilson's Warbler |
1 at SP |
| Red-crested Cardinal |
|
| Olive Sparrow |
First glimpsed at SA. Better views
on SL feeders |
| Clay-coloured Sparrow |
2 at feeders at FA |
| Lark Sparrow |
A few by approach road to SL |
| Black-throated Sparrow |
With Lark Sparrow at SL, FA |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
SL |
| Pyrrhuloxia |
By approach road to SL, SL 'dirt
road', FA & 1 'sparrow alley' dirt road N of
La Joya |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
|
| Great-tailed Grackle |
Very abundant in all towns/cities
in area! |
| Bronzed Cowbird |
Only identified at PE |
| Altamira Oriole |
2 at Ebony Grove feeders, BE. Also
1-2 SL |
| Hooded Oriole |
1-2 at SL |
| Audubon's Oriole |
1-2 at SL |
