167 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Chachalacas
Plain Chachalaca
New World Quail
Scaled Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Darters
Anhinga
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
Crested Caracara
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Plovers
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Yellowlegs sp. NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Red Knot
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Forster's Tern
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Psittacids
Red-crowned Parrot
White-Fronted Parrot NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Goatsuckers
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays and Crows
Green Jay
Swallows
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Tufted Titmouse
Black-crested Titmouse
Wrens
Cactus Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes
Veery
Clay-colored Robin
White-throated Robin
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Wood-Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Emberizids
Olive Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Cardinals and Saltators
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Northern Finches
Lesser Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
11 Trips
2004 Apr 18, Paradise Birding Texas Day 6
2005 Apr 22, South Texas Day Three
2005 Apr 23, South Texas Day Four
2005 Apr 24, South Texas Day Five
2008 Apr 06, Texas 2008 Day One
2008 Apr 07, Texas 2008 Day Two
2008 Apr 08, Texas 2008 Day Three
2008 Apr 09, Texas 2008 Day Four
2008 Apr 10, Texas 2008 Day Five
2008 Apr 12, Texas 2008 Day Seven
2008 Apr 13, Texas 2008 Day Eight
County Photos
County Map
14 Locations
McAllen , Hidalgo County, Texas
Santa Ana NWR , Hidalgo County, Texas
Estero Llano Grande State Park , Hidalgo County, Texas
Frontera Audubon , Hidalgo County, Texas [gallery]
Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park , Hidalgo County, Texas
Anzalduas County Park , Hidalgo County, Texas
Martin Refuge, Javalina Tract , Hidalgo County, Texas [gallery]
Allen Williams's Yard , Hidalgo County, Texas
Suburban Harlingen , Hidalgo County, Texas
El Canelo Ranch , Hidalgo County, Texas
Edinburg Scenic Wetlands , Hidalgo County, Texas
Martin Refuge, Homestead Tract , Hidalgo County, Texas
Weslaco Sod Farms , Hidalgo County, Texas
Estero Llano Grande State Park , Hidalgo County, Texas