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  1. Dusky-blue Groundstreak

    Dusky-blue Groundstreak

    Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon: Lycaenidae) Wingspan 1.9-2.5 cm (0.75-1.0 in).
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    • brownsville dusky-blue groundstreak texas usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  2. Grasshopper Sparrow

    Grasshopper Sparrow

    Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum subsp. perpallidus) Sexes similar. Along Old Port Isabel Road between Brownsville and Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Coastal Prairie and Marshes at ca. 11 m (36 ft) elevation.
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    • ammodramus savannarum brownsville cameron county grasshopper sparrow port isabel subsp. perpallidus texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  3. Yellow-headed Parrot

    Yellow-headed Parrot

    Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix subsp. oratrix) Also known as Yellow-headed Amazon. These once caged birds have become naturalized in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Joe & Tony Oliveira Park, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. City sprawl, manicured city park with athletic fields...
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    • amazona oratrix brownsville cameron county texas usa yellow-headed parrot
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  4. Loggerhead Shrike

    Loggerhead Shrike

    Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Sexes similar. Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Roadside on a loma, Tamaulipan Scrub habitat within the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at ca. 9 m (30 ft).
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    • brownsville cameron county lanius ludovicianus loggerhead shrike texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  5. Red-crowned Parrot

    Red-crowned Parrot

    Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) also known as the Red-crowned Amazon. Sexes similar. The sun had just gone down. Getting a bedtime snack of Anacua fruits (Ehretia anacua: Boraginaceae). Fifty plus Red-crowned Parrots plus two other species of parrots came in to roost. Joe & Tony...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • amazona viridigenalis brownsville cameron county red-crowned parrot texas usa
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  6. Aplomado Falcon

    Aplomado Falcon

    Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis subsp. septentrionalis) Along Old Port Isabel Road between Brownsville and Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Coastal Prairie and Marshes at ca. 11 m (36 ft) elevation.
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    • aplomado falcon brownsville cameron county falco femoralis texas
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  7. Aplomado Falcon

    Aplomado Falcon

    Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis subsp. septentrionalis) Along Old Port Isabel Road between Brownsville and Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Coastal Prairie and Marshes at ca. 11 m (36 ft) elevation.
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    • aplomado falcon brownsville cameron county falco femoralis texas
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  8. Zebra Heliconian

    Zebra Heliconian

    Zebra Heliconian also known as Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius: Heliconiidae). Wingspan 7.6-8.9 cm (3.0-3.5 in) Yes, nectaring Crucita (Eupatorium odoratum: Asteraceae). Floridas State Butterfly. Poisonous to predators, clever buggers!!! Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county heliconiidae heliconius charitonius texas usa zebra heliconian zebra longwing
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  9. White-tailed Kite

    White-tailed Kite

    White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus subsp. majusculus) Sexes similar. Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Roadside on a loma, Tamaulipan Scrub habitat within the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at ca. 9 m (30 ft).
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    • brownsville cameron county elanus leucurus subsp. majusculus texas usa white-tailed kite
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  10. Harris's Hawk

    Harris's Hawk

    Harriss Hawk (Parabuteo unicintus subsp. harrisi) Sexes similar. Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Roadside on a loma, Tamaulipan Scrub habitat within the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at ca. 9 m (30 ft).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county harris's hawk parabuteo unicintus subsp. harrisi texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  11. Blue Metalmark (open wing)

    Blue Metalmark (open wing)

    Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula: Rionidae) Wingspan 2.2-3.2 cm (0.88-1.25 in). Open wing (dorsal view). Working Mexican Oregano (Lippia graveolens: Verbenaceae). Resaca de la Palma State Park, northwest of Brownsville, Texas, USA. Planted butterfly garden with native plants around the headquarters...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue metalmark brownsville lasaia sula rionidae texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  12. Blue Metalmark (closed wing)

    Blue Metalmark (closed wing)

    Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula: Rionidae) Wingspan 2.2-3.2 cm (0.88-1.25 in). Closed wing (ventral view). Working Mexican Oregano (Lippia graveolens: Verbenaceae). Resaca de la Palma State Park, northwest of Brownsville, Texas, USA. Planted butterfly garden with native plants around the...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue metalmark brownsville lasaia sula rionidae texas usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  13. Silver-banded Hairstreak

    Silver-banded Hairstreak

    Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis: Lycaenidae) Wingspan 2.2-3.2 cm (0.87-1.26 in). Resaca de la Palma State Park, northwest of Brownsville, Texas, USA. Planted butterfly garden around the headquarters. Mesquite thicket in the floodplain of Resaca de la Palma at ca. 10 m (33 ft)...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville chlorostrymon simaethis lycaenidae resaca de la palma state park silver-banded hairstreak texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  14. Obscure Skipper

    Obscure Skipper

    Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides: Hesperiidae) Wingspan 2.9-3.2 cm (1.1-1.3 in). Nectaring Camphor Daisy (Rayjacksonia phyllocephala: Asteraceae). Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, north of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Open Coastal Prairie within the Gulf...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county obscure skipper palo alto battlefield national historical park panoquina panoquinoides texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  15. Osprey

    Osprey

    Osprey (Pandion haliaetus subsp. carolinensis) Sexes similar. Carrying the remaining portion of its uneaten fish. Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Salt flats and lomas in the Coastal Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at ca. 4 m (13 ft) elevation.
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    • boca chica road brownsville cameron county osprey pandion haliaetus subsp. carolinensis texas usa
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  16. Crested Caracara

    Crested Caracara

    Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway subsp. audubonii) Sexes similar. Along Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Perched in a snag on a loma (clay dune) in the Coastal Prairies and Marshes Vegetational area ca. 5 m (16 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • boca chica road brownsville cameron county caracara cheriway crested caracara subsp. audubonii texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  17. Least Grebe (adult nonbreeding)

    Least Grebe (adult nonbreeding)

    Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus subsp. brachypterus) Sexes similar. Photographed in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Highly disturbed Gulf Prairies and Marshes in Resaca de la Palma at ca. 10 m (33 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county least grebe subsp. brachypterus tachybaptus dominicus texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  18. Long-billed Dowitcher (juvenile)

    Long-billed Dowitcher (juvenile)

    Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Photographed in a small stock pond along Old Port Islabel Road, north of Loma Alta Lake, northeast of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Disturbed coastal prairie at ca. 1 m (3.3 ft) elevation. Southern tip of the Gulf Prairies and Marshes...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county limnodromus scolopaceus long-billed dowitcher texas usa
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  19. White-tailed Hawk (subadult)

    White-tailed Hawk (subadult)

    White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius) Four subspecies have been described while three are recognized. Only subspecies hypospodius is mapped for South Texas. No dark morph exists for this subspecies, however juveniles can be have a lot of dark feathers. Photographed east of...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • albicaudatus brownsville buteo county hawk hypospodius texas usa white-tailed willacy
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  20. White-tailed Hawk

    White-tailed Hawk

    White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius) Four subspecies have been described while three are recognized. Only subspecies hypospodius is mapped for South Texas. No dark morph exists for this subspecies. Photographed along Old Port Isabel Road northeast of Brownsville, Cameron County...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • albicaudatus brownsville buteo cameron county hawk hypospodius texas usa white-tailed
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  21. Feral Hog

    Feral Hog

    Feral Hog, Domestic Pig, Swine, or Hog (Sus scrofa domesticus) Their appearance is quite variable since there are many breeds of pigs that have escaped and now freely interbreed. This is a non-native species in Texas and was probably first introduced by early Spanish explores over 300 years...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county domesticus feral hog scrofa sus texas usa
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  22. Altamira Oriole

    Altamira Oriole

    Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis mentalis) The upper wing bar being yellow/orange separates this oriole from the sympatric (in Texas) and similar looking Hooded Oriole. Eight subspecies have been described with 3-7 being recognized with three being the most accepted number. Subspecies...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • altamira oriole brownsville cameron county icterus gularis mentalis texas usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  23. Herring Gull (Nonbreeding Adult)

    Herring Gull (Nonbreeding Adult)

    Herring Gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) Four subspecies are recognized with only subspecies smithsonianus found in Texas. Photographed along the beach along the Gulf of Mexico at Boca Chica, east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • boca chica brownsville cameron county herring gull larus argentatus smithsonianus texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  24. Harris's Hawk

    Harris's Hawk

    Harriss Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) Three subspecies are described with two being recognized. Subspecies superior in Baja is most often synonymized under subspecies harrisi. This is the only subspecies mapped for Texas. Photographed along the Old Port Isabel Road north of Brownsville...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brownsville cameron county harris's hawk parabuteo unicintus harrisi texas usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  25. Owl Fly

    Owl Fly

    Owl Fly (Uluodes cf. macleayanus: Ascalaphidae) This predator of smaller flying insects is ca. 5 cm (2 in) long. Photographed on an outdoor ceiling at a hotel in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, U.S.A. Lower Rio Grande Valley in the lower portion of the Gulf Prairies and Marshes...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ascalaphidae brownsville cameron county owl fly texas u.s.a. lower rio grande valley uluodes cf. jacleayanus
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Invertebrates
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