metalmark Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemes
skipper Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus TX
skipper Ocala Skipper Panoquino ocola TX
metalmark Red-bordered Metalmark Caria ino TX
crescent Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana TX
heliconia Zebra Heliconius charithonia TX
orange Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia TX
crescent Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon TX
crescent Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon TX CROP
Yellow Little Yellow Euremis lisa TX
ValleyNatureCtr-Bldg-WeslecoTX
crescent Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana TX CROP
Peacock White Peacock Anartia jatrophae Lower Rio Grande Valley TX
ValleyNatureCtr-Sign-WeslecoTX
crescent Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon TX 3
Usually first located by their loud and raucous calls, the Plain Chachalaca is a common resident of south Texas [April; Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]
orange Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe Lower Rio Grande Valley TX 76-398_9858
Black Vulture Lower Rio Grande Valley TX 41-399_9969
The White-collared Seedeater is a very rare visitor to the cane thickets along the Rio Grande in South Texas [April; Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]
Great Horned Owl silhouetted by the setting sun [April; Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]
bluewing Mexican Bluewing Myscelia ethusa Santa Ana NWR TX 75-405_0532
hairstreak Santa Ana NWR Lower Rio Grande Valley TX 75-405_0568
swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Santa Ana NWR LRGV TX 77-405_0588 JPG
swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Santa Ana NWR LRGV TX 77-405_0590 JPG
swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Santa Ana NWR LRGV TX 77-406_0606 JPG
swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Santa Ana NWR LRGV TX 77-406_0608 JPG
emperor Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton LRGV TX 75-406_0620
swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Santa Ana NWR LRGV TX 77-406_0663
White-tailed Kite Pharr TX 407_0723 (1)
White-tailed Kite Pharr TX 407_0723
White-tailed Kite Pharr TX 407_0724 (1)
White-tailed Kite Pharr TX 407_0724
Perched White-tailed Kite [April; Pharr, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird
White-tailed Kite Pharr TX 407_0750
Crimson-collared Grosbeak Rio Grande Valley TX 408_0839
A Willet flies along the Padre Island beach [April; Padre Island, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird
A Brown Pelican soars over the surf along Padre Island before plunging into the ocean [April; Padre Island, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird
Sora feeding in a Gulf Coast marsh [April; Padre Island, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird
Common Moorhen from a boardwalk along the gulf coast of Texas [April; Padre Island, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird
White-tailed Deer Laguna Atascosa NWR TX 59-419_1942
White-tailed Deer Laguna Atascosa NWR TX 59-419_1953
Tropical Parula warbler Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge TX 38-421_2119
Feeling threatened by another male at a feeder, this Buff-bellied Hummingbird goes into threat displays to express his anger [April; Frontera Audubon Sanctuary, Weslaco, Texas]Rio Grande Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas bird