Muscovy Duck at a park in Brownsville   -   Wednesday,   January 15,   2014

South Texas is one of the few places in the US where this strange, warty faced duck can be found. Native to Mexico and Central America, many have been domesticated but this one is wild.    


Resaca de la Palma State Park   -   Wednesday,   January 15,   2014

The Altamira Oriole is a tropical bird and only a tiny portion of this species reach the Rio Grande valley.


Eastern Phoebe


Lincoln Sparrow


Least Sandpiper


Great Egret


Great Kiskadee


Great Kiskadee


White-tailed Kite


Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks


Black-bellied Whistling-Duck



Sabel Palms Sanctuary and Rabb Plantation House   -   Wednesday,   January 15,   2014

Great Horned Owl


Golden-fronted Woodpecker


Long-billed Thrasher


Green Kingfisher


Least Grebe, juvenile


Pied-billed Grebe


Mottled Ducks


Eastern Phoebe


Wilson's Warbler


American Wigeon


Blue-gray Gnatcatcher


Crested Caracara


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