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Any
bird that occurs in south Texas can show up on the ranches in Lens &
Land, including rarities and vagrants from Mexico. However, the following
species are seen and photographed at least occasionally on one or more
of the ranches. Following each name are 2 symbols. The first is season,
the second is frequency seen. Symbols are the following:
Season: w = fall & winter, s = spring & summer, r = resident,
m=migrant.
Frequency: c = common, o = occasional, u = uncommon, r = rare.
Black-bellied
Whistling Duck (r) (o)
Mottled Duck (r) (u)
White-tailed Kite (r) (u)
Harris’ Hawk (r) (c)
White-tailed Hawk (r) (u)
Swainson’s Hawk (s) (o)
Crested Caracara (r) (c)
Plain Chachalaca (r) (o)
Northern Bobwhite (r) (c)
Scaled Quail (r) (c)
Inca Dove (r) (o)
Common Ground-dove (r) (c)
Mourning Dove (r) (c)
White-winged Dove (r) (c)
White-tipped Dove (r) (c)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (s) (o)
Greater Roadrunner (r) (c)
Groove-billed Ani (s) (u)
Great Horned Owl (r) (u)
Barn Owl (r) (u)
Eastern Screech-owl (r) (o)
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (r) (o)
Lesser Nighthawk (s) (o)
Common Nighthawk (s) (o)
Common Poorwill (r) (u)
Common Pauraque (r) (o)
Chuck-will’s-widow (m) (r)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (r) (o)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (s) (u)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (m) (o)
Green Kingfisher (r) (o)
Ringed Kingfisher (r) (u)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (r) (c)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (r) (o)
Eastern Phoebe (w) (c)
Say’s Phoebe (w) (u)
Vermilion Flycatcher (r) (o) |
Brown-crested Flycatcher (s) (c)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (r) (u)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (s) (c)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (m) (u)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (m) (u)
Western Kingbird (m) (o)
Eastern Kingbird (m) (o)
Couch’s Kingbird (r) (c)
Great Kiskadee (r) (c)
Loggerhead Shrike (w) (u)
White-eyed Vireo (r) (o)
Green Jay (r) (c)
Chihuahuan Raven (r) (u)
Horned Lark (r) (u)
Black-crested Titmouse (r) (c)
Verdin (r) (u)
Bewick’s Wren (r) (o)
House Wren (w) (u)
Carolina Wren (r) (u)
Cactus Wren (r) (o)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (w) (o)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (w) (o)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (r) (u)
Eastern Bluebird (w) (u)
Hermit Thrush (w) (o)
American Robin (w) (o)
Long-billed Thrasher (r) (c)
Curve-billed Thrasher (r) (c)
Sage Thrasher (w) (r)
Gray Catbird (m) (o)
Northern Mockingbird (r) (c)
Cedar Waxwing (w) (u)
Orange-crowned Warbler (w) (o) Yellow-rumped Warbler (w) (o)
Common Yellowthroat (r) (u)
Summer Tanager (s) (u)
Green Towhee (w) (o) |
Botteri’s Sparrow (r) (u)
Cassin’s Sparrow (s) (o)
Field Sparrow (w) (o)
Chipping Sparrow (w) (o)
Clay-colored Sparrow (w) (o)
Lark Sparrow (r) (c)
Black-throated Sparrow (r) (o)
Grasshopper Sparrow (w) (u)
Savannah Sparrow (w) (o)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (w) (c)
Vesper Sparrow (w) (o)
White-crowned Sparrow (w) (c)
Lark Bunting (w) (o)
Painted Bunting (s) (c)
Indigo Bunting (m) (o)
Blue Grosbeak (s) (o)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (m) (u)
Northern Cardinal (r) (c)
Pyrrhuloxia (r) (c)
Dickcissel (m) (o)
Eastern Meadowlark (s) (o)
Western Meadowlark (w) (o)
Red-winged Blackbird (r) (c)
Great-tailed Grackle (r) (c)
Brewer’s Blackbird (w) (o)
Brown-headed Cowbird (r) (o)
Bronzed Cowbird (s) (c)
Baltimore Oriole (m) (o)
Bullock’s Oriole (s) (o)
Hooded Oriole (s) (o)
Orchard Oriole (m) (u)
Audubon’s Oriole (r) (u)
American Goldfinch (w) (o)
Lesser Goldfinch (w) (o) |
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