December 2016: South Texas Click on a thumbnail below to start the lightbox viewer Orange-crowned warbler (Oreothlypis celata) – Guadalupe River State Park Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) – male – Guadalupe River State Park Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) – male – Guadalupe River State Park Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) – female – Guadalupe River State Park Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) – male – Guadalupe River State Park Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) – female – Guadalupe River State Park Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) – Guadalupe River State Park Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) – Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park Inca dove (Columbina inca) – Quinta Mazatlan Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) – Quinta Mazatlan Least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) – Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) – Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Common pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) – Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) – Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge White-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) – Lower Rio Grande Valley Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) – Lower Rio Grande Valley Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) – Lower Rio Grande Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Boca Chica State Park Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Boca Chica State Park Sanderling (Calidris alba) – Boca Chica State Park White-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) – on the road near Laguna Atascosa Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) – on the road near Laguna Atascosa Blue-winged teal (Anas discors) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) – San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) – on the road near Three rivers, Tx Great Horned Owl Download Owl (Bubo virginianus) – Choke Canyon State Park San Antonio – River Walk San Antonio – The Torch of Friendship San Antonio – The Alamo San Antonio – The Alamo – Live Oak San Antonio – Mission San José San Antonio – Mission San José San Antonio – Mission San José – Church door San Antonio – Mission San José – The Rose Window San Antonio – Mission Espada San Antonio – Mission Espada