FINAL FAUNA LIST FOR
BALCONES SONGBIRD FESTIVAL April 27-30, 2007
(for all field trips and other observations for the four days of the event)

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier (Eck)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara (RM 1869)
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Franklin’s Gull (Victoria, etc.)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove (Victoria)
Mourning Dove*
Inca Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Common? Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
Chimney Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird*
Belted Kingfisher (Cow Cr.)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker* (Ops)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Simons)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker (Simons)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Ops.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Simons)
Eastern Phoebe*
Say’s Phoebe (Flying X)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Simons)
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike (1174)
White-eyed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo (Simons)
Black-capped Vireo*
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay (urban)
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven*
Purple Martin*
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow*
Cave Swallow*
Barn Swallow*
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
Eastern Bluebird*
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling*
Cedar Waxwing
Golden-winged Warbler (P.O. Cr.)
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler*
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow (Simons)
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow*
Black-throated Sparrow (Fly. X)
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel (Simons)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (Simons)
Common Grackle (urban)
Great-tailed Grackle (urban)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow (urban)

Missed Bird Species:

Resident/Nesting Spp.:

Wood Duck
Green Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Common Ground-Dove
Bushtit
Cactus Wren
Canyon Towhee
Scott’s Oriole

Regular Migrants:

waterfowl spp.
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Empidonax sp.
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Swainson’s Thrush
Com. Yellowthroat
(other warblers)
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Herps:

Cliff Chirping Frog (Vic)
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Gray Treefrog (Fly X)
Strecker’s Chorus Frog
Gulf Coast Toad
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Texas Cooter
Red-eared Slider
Green Anole
Texas Earless Lizard
Texas Spiny Lizard
Eastern Fence Lizard
Eastern Tree Lizard
Ground Skink
Six-lined Racerunner
Western Coachwhip
Great Plains Ground Snake?
Texas Coral Snake

Mammals:

bat sp. (bat house at Ops.)
Nine-banded Armadillo (digs)
Eastern Cottontail
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Fly. X)
Rock Squirrel
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Peromyscus sp. (mouse)
Coyote
Common Gray Fox
Feral Hog (digs)
White-tailed Deer

Butterflies:

Pipevine Swallowtail
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Eastern? Tiger Swallowtail
Common Checkered White
Orange Sulphur
Dogface Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Dainty Sulphur
Oak (= Northern) Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Reakirt’s Blue
Gulf Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Pearl? Crescent
Question Mark
American Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
California Sister
Wood Satyr sp.
Monarch
Queen
Duskywing sp.
Com. Checkered Skipper
Sachem
Dun Skipper
Roadside-skipper sp.