Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
One of Texas most colorful birds
One of Texas' most colorful birds
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Something about barbed wire makes a good perch
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
One of the prettiest birds in the US.
Pyrrhuloxia or Desert Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in flight
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Found near Batesville, Texas
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - in Flight
Red-Tailed Hawk in Flight
Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway
A Katydid meets it's demise at the hands (beak) of a roadrunner
Dicksissel (Spiza americana)
Found near LaPryor, Texas
Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
These guys hunt in packs like wolves. Rarely do you see them hunting alone. This one was a juvenile
Crested CaraCara
Conditions were bad but you take what you can get..
House Finch (male) - Haemorhous mexicanus
House Finch (male) - Haemorhous mexicanus, Uvalde, Texas
Lesser Goldfinch (male) - Spinus psaltria
Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Amongst birders, this little guy is a celebrity.
American avocet - Recurvirostra americana
Hummingbird in the rain
Uvalde, Texas
Sharp-Shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus