South Texas birding trip - April, 2018

Black-bellied Whistling-duck - Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas - April, 2018

Mottled Duck (male and female) - Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas - April

Plain Chachalaca (adult) - Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas - April, 2018

Least Bittern - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Reddish Egret (adult dark form) - South Padre Island, Texas - April

Tricolored Heron - Largo, Florida - April, 2002 and South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

White Ibis (adult) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

White-faced Ibis - Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, Texas - April, 2018

Roseate Spoonbill (adult) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Harris's Hawk - Zapata, Texas - April, 2018

Swainson's Hawk (adult light morph in flight) - Mission, Texas - April, 2018

White-tailed Hawk (adult in flight) - Zapata, Texas - April, 2018

White-tailed Hawk (2nd cycle in flight) - Zapata, Texas - April, 2018

White-tailed Hawk (1st cycle) - Zapata, Texas - April, 2018

Clapper Rail - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018 and Dauphin Island, Alabama - April, 2010

Common Gallinule (adults and chicks) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018 Grant Street Wetland, Indiana - August, 2012

Lesser Yellowlegs (fresh adult) - South Padre Island, TX - April, 2018 and Grant Street Wetland, Lake County, Indiana - April, 2012

Spotted Sandpiper (Breeding adult) - South Padre Island, TX - April and Miller Beach, Lake County, IN - July

Stilt Sandpiper (basic adult with Dowitchers) - South Padre Island, TX - April, 2018 and Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, TX - April, 2013

Royal Tern (breeding adult) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Royal Tern (non-breeding adult) - South Padre Island, TX - April, 2018, Boca Chica, TX - July, 2007, and Goleta State Park, CA - April, 2011

Inca Dove - Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen, Texas - April, 2013 and April, 2013

Greater Roadrunner - Mission, Texas - April, 2018

* Ruby-throated Hummingbird (adult male) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Great Crested Flycatcher - Mission, TX - April, 2018 and Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN - May, 2011

Great Kiskadee - Salineno, Roma Bluffs, and Santa Ana NWR, Texas - April

Couch's Kingbird - Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, Texas - April

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Falcon County Park, Texas - April, 2018

Cave Swallow - Zapata, Texas - April, 2018

Clay-colored Thrush - Santa Ana NWR and Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary, Texas - April

Tennessee Warbler (spring adult male) - South Padre Island, TX - April, 2018 and Boot Lake Nature Preserve, Elkhart County, IN - May, 2009

Northern Parula (spring adult male) - South Padre Island, Texas - April

* Black-throated Green Warbler (spring adult male) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2013 and Furnessville, Porter County, Indiana - May, 2011

Hooded Warbler (spring adult female) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Hooded Warbler (1st spring female) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Summer Tanager (adult male) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

White-collared Seedeater - San Ygnacio, Texas - April, 2018

Pyrrhuloxia (adult male) - Salineno, Texas - April, 2018

Blue Grosbeak (adult male) - Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas - April, 2018 and Big Bend National Park, Texas - June, 1998

Olive Sparrow - Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas - April, 2018 and Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas - April, 2013

Great-tailed Grackle (male) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Great-tailed Grackle (female) - Mission, Texas - April, 2018

Orchard Oriole (adult female) - South Padre Island, Texas - April

Altamira Oriole (adult male) - Rio Grande Valley, Texas - April, 2018

Bullock's Oriole (adult male) - Salineno, Texas - April, 2018