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  1. Laughing Gulls

    Laughing Gulls

    Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus)
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    • laughing gull leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus nueces county portland sunset lake park texas usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  2. Least Terns

    Least Terns

    Least Terns (Sternula antillarum antillarum)
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    • least terns nueces county portland sternula antillarum subsp. antillarum sunset lake park texas usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  3. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus subsp. mexicanus) Hazel Bazemore Park, Calallen, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Zone. Situated in the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin at ca. 4 m (13 ft) elevation. Margin of small depressional pond among Saltgrass...
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    • black-necked stilt calallen himantopus mexicanos nueces county texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  4. Great Southern White (male)

    Great Southern White (male)

    Great Southern White (Ascia monuste: Pieridae) Wingspan 4.4-6.4 cm (1.75-2.5 in). Male, species sexually dimorphic. Pollywog Pond Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Nueces River Basin. Sewage treatment...
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    • ascia monuste corpus christi great southern white nueces county pieridae texas usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  5. American Coot

    American Coot

    American Coot (Fulica americana subsp. americana) Sexes similar. The troublemaker. Leonabelle Turnbull Nature Center, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Coastal marsh plus a thin gallery forest against a coastal marsh with a boardwalk leading into the marsh.
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    • american coot fulica americana nueces county port aransas texas usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  6. Blue Crab

    Blue Crab

    Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus: Portunidae) Pollywog Pond Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Nueces River Basin. Sewage treatment ponds with riparian woods at ca. 27 m ( 90 ft). In small drainage feeding...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue crab callinectes sapidus corpus christi nueces county portunidae texas usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Great Pondhawk (male)

    Great Pondhawk (male)

    Great Pondhawk (Erythemis visculosa: Libellulidae) Male, species slightly sexually dimorphic. Female paler. 5.5-6.5 cm (2.2-2.6 in) long. Pollywog Pond Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Nueces River Basin...
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    • corpus christi erythemis visculosa great pondhawk libellulidae nueces county texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    Green Heron (Butorides virescens subsp. virescens) Sexes similar. Leonabelle Turnbull Nature Center, Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal marsh plus a thin gallery forest against a coastal marsh with a boardwalk leading into the marsh.
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    • butorides virescens green heron mustang island nueces county port aransas texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  9. American Coot

    American Coot

    American Coot (Fulica americana subsp. americana) Sexes similar. Mother and fledgeling. Leonabelle Turnbull Nature Center, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Coastal marsh plus a thin gallery forest against a coastal marsh with a boardwalk leading into the marsh.
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    • american coot fulica americana nueces county port aransas texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  10. Northern Shovelers (sisters)

    Northern Shovelers (sisters)

    Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Females, species sexually dimorphic. Hazel Bazemore Park, Calallen, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Zone. Situated in the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin at ca. 4 m (13 ft) elevation. Small depressional pond.
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    • anas clypeata calallen northern shoveler nueces county texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  11. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret (Egretta thula subsp. thula) Photographed on Mustang Island, east of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Mustang Island is a 29 kilometer (18 mi) long barrier island and is representative of the Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Its bordered on the west by Corpus...
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    • corpus christi egretta thula mustang island nueces county snowy egret texas usa
    • Comments: 28
    • Category: North America
  12. Snowy Plover

    Snowy Plover

    Snowy Plover (Chardrius nivosus subsp. nivosus) The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service list the most western populations (California, Oregon, Washington) as Threatened while listing other populations as a species of concern. Though it is the same subspecies across the US they refer to the western...
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    • chardrius nivosus corpus christi nueces county oso bay snowy plover texas usa
    • Comments: 26
    • Category: North America
  13. Piping Plover

    Piping Plover

    Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) The U.S. Fish & Wildlife list this species as threatened everywhere except in the Great Lakes Watershed in the U.S. where it is considered Endangered. Photographed in Oso Bay, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Muddy tidal flats.
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    • charadrius melodus corpus christi nueces county oso bay piping plover texas usa
    • Comments: 27
    • Category: North America
  14. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Red-shouldered Hawk

    Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus texanus) Five subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Texas. Subspecies texanus is found in South Texas and along the coast from the Coastal Bend southward and ranges south to Central Mxico. Photographed just west of Flour Bluff near Oso Bay...
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    • buteo flour bluff hawk lineatus nueces county red-shouldered texanus texas usa
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  15. Least Tern (breeding plumage)

    Least Tern (breeding plumage)

    Least Tern (Sterna antillarum antillarum) Three subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Texas. Subspecies athalassos is known as the Interior Least Tern and is listed as Federally and State Endangered. Sexes similar. Photographed on Mustang Island on the Gulf of Mexico side...
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    • least tern nueces county port aransas sterna antillarum antillarum texas usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  16. Sandwich Tern (breeding plumage)

    Sandwich Tern (breeding plumage)

    Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus) There are two or three recognized subspecies with only subspecies acuflavidus mapped for Texas. Many authors today recognized subspecies eurygnatha (one of the three subspecies) as a distinct species as Cabots Tern. Sexes similar. Photographed...
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    • gulf of mexico in port aransas nueces county sandwich tern texas thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  17. Black Tern

    Black Tern

    Black Tern (Chilidonias niger surinamensis) There are two recognized subspecies with only subspecies surinamensis migrating through Texas. Sexes similar. In molt from breeding to non-breeding plumage. Photographed on Mustang Island on the Gulf of Mexico side, southwest of Port Aransas, Nueces...
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    • black tern chilidonias niger surinamensis mustang island nueces county port aransas texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  18. Mexican Free-tailed Bats

    Mexican Free-tailed Bats

    Mexican Free-tailed Bat also known as the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana: Molossidae) It is the official state bat of Texas and Oklahoma and happens to be the icon for Bacardi rum. These colonial nesting bats are 8.9-10.2 cm (3.5-4.0 in) in length with a wingspan of...
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    • mexican free-tailed bat molossidae nueces county oso creek riviera tadarida brasiliensis mexicana texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  19. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea caerulea) There are nine recognized subspecies with two being mapped for Texas. Subspecies amoenissima is a non breeding bird in western Texas while the nominate is both a breeding bird to North and Central Texas and a wintering bird in Texas from...
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    • blue-gray gnatcatcher calallen hazel bazemore county park nueces county polioptila caerulea caerulea texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  20. Stilt Sandpiper (breeding plumage [almost])

    Stilt Sandpiper (breeding plumage [almost])

    Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) Sexes similar. Photographed in Hazel Bazemore County Park, Calallen, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Small shallow pond in the Nueces River floodplain at ca. 1 m (3.3 ft) elevation.
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    • calallen calidris himantopus hazel bazemore county park nueces county stilt sandpiper texas usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  21. Yellow-throated Warbler

    Yellow-throated Warbler

    Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica albilora) Three subspecies have been described including the nominate. Some authors recognize all three subspecies and other authors do not recognize any subspecies. When subspecies are recognized this would be subspecies albilora. Photographed in...
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    • calallen hazel bazemore county park nueces county setophaga dominica albilora texas usa yellow-throated warbler
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  22. Willet

    Willet

    Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornatus) Two subspecies are recognized with both being found in Texas. The nominate subspecies semipalmata breeds in Texas but does not winter here. Semipalmata is generally gone from Texas by the end of July. The western subspecies inornatus is present year round...
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    • indian point parik nueces county portland texas tringa semipalmata inornatus usa willet
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  23. Tawny Emperor (open-wing)

    Tawny Emperor (open-wing)

    Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton: Nymphalidae) Wingspan ranges from 5.8-7.0 cm (2.00-2.76 in). Photographed in Bishop, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Urban setting in the Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at 16.8 m (55 ft) elevation. Nectaring on the flowers of an Anaqua tree (Ehretia...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • asterocampa clyton bishop nueces county nymhalidae tawny emperor texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  24. Couch's Kingbird

    Couch's Kingbird

    Couchs Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) Photographed near Calallen, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Open disturbed coastal prairie at ca. 9 m (30 ft) elevation.
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    • calallen couch's kingbird nueces county texas tyrannus couchii usa
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  25. Steel-blue Cricket Hunter

    Steel-blue Cricket Hunter

    Steel-blue Cricket Hunter (Chlorion aerarium: Sphecidae) This attractive thread-wasted wasp is about 2.5 cm (1 in) long. Photographed in a transitional riparian forest in Hazel Bazemore Park, a Nueces County Park in Calallen, Texas, USA at ca 9 m (30 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chlorion aerarium hazel bazemore park nueces county sphecidae steel-blue cricket hunter texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
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