Lick Creek Park, College Station, TX

This is a guide of the flora and fauna of Lick Creek Park in College Station, TX as compiled by the Texas Master Naturalist Brazos Valley Chapter. The park is 515.5 acres and has several distinct ecological regions including bottomland forest, sedge meadow, and Post-oak savannah.

Yellow-throated Vireo ¹
Vireo flavifrons

Red-eyed Vireo ¹
Vireo olivaceus

White-eyed Vireo ¹
Vireo griseus

Tennessee Warbler ²
Oreothlypis peregrina

Orange-crowned Warbler ³
Oreothlypis celata

Blue-winged Warbler ⁴
Vermivora cyanoptera

Nashville Warbler ⁵
Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Black-and-white Warbler ⁶
Mniotilta varia

Hooded Warbler ⁴
Setophaga citrina

Blackburnian Warbler ⁷
Setophaga fusca

Magnolia Warbler ⁸
Setophaga magnolia

Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castanea

Chestnut-sided Warbler ⁹
Setophaga pensylvanica

Pine Warbler ¹
Setophaga pinus

Golden-winged Warbler ¹
Vermivora chrysoptera

Yellow-rumped Warbler ¹
Setophaga coronata

Kentucky Warbler ¹
Geothlypis formosa

Black-throated Green Warbler ¹⁰
Setophaga virens

Wilson's Warbler ¹¹
Cardellina pusilla

Lincoln's Sparrow ¹²
Melospiza lincolnii

Lark Sparrow ¹³
Chondestes grammacus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹⁴
Coccyzus americanus

Chipping Sparrow ¹⁵
Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow ¹⁶
Zonotrichia albicollis

Field Sparrow ¹⁷
Spizella pusilla

Song Sparrow ¹⁸
Melospiza melodia

Swainson's Warbler ¹⁹
Limnothlypis swainsonii

Hermit Thrush ²⁰
Catharus guttatus

Turkey Vulture ²¹
Cathartes aura

Swainson's Thrush ²²
Catharus ustulatus

Franklin's Gull ²³
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Wood Thrush ⁴
Hylocichla mustelina

Black Vulture ²⁴
Coragyps atratus

Eastern Screech-Owl ²⁵
Megascops asio

Barred Owl ²⁶
Strix varia

Golden-crowned Kinglet ²⁷
Regulus satrapa

Pileated Woodpecker ²⁸
Dryocopus pileatus

Wood Duck ²⁹
Aix sponsa

Chuck-will's-widow ³⁰
Antrostomus carolinensis

Downy Woodpecker ²⁶
Picoides pubescens

Tufted Titmouse ³¹
Baeolophus bicolor

Red-bellied Woodpecker ³²
Melanerpes carolinus

Northern Parula ¹⁰
Setophaga americana

Red-tailed Hawk ³³
Buteo jamaicensis

American Woodcock ¹
Scolopax minor

Mississippi Kite ¹
Ictinia mississippiensis

Carolina Chickadee ¹⁰
Poecile carolinensis

Red-headed Woodpecker ⁴
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Mourning Dove ³⁴
Zenaida macroura

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ³
Megaceryle alcyon

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris

Chimney Swift ³⁵
Chaetura pelagica

Northern Flicker ³⁶
Colaptes auratus

Acadian Flycatcher ³⁷
Empidonax virescens

Eastern Phoebe ³⁸
Sayornis phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher ¹
Myiarchus crinitus

Blue Jay ³⁹
Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow ²⁴
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin ⁴⁰
Progne subis

Carolina Wren ⁴¹
Thryothorus ludovicianus

Eastern Bluebird ⁴²
Sialia sialis

American Robin ³⁴
Turdus migratorius

Gray Catbird ¹
Dumetella carolinensis

Brown Thrasher ¹
Toxostoma rufum

Northern Mockingbird ⁴³
Mimus polyglottos

Louisiana Waterthrush ⁴⁴
Parkesia motacilla

American Redstart ⁴⁵
Setophaga ruticilla

Yellow Warbler ²⁰
Setophaga petechia

Summer Tanager ⁴⁶
Piranga rubra

Scarlet Tanager ¹
Piranga olivacea

Eastern Towhee ⁴⁷
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee ³³
Pipilo maculatus

White-crowned Sparrow ⁴⁸
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Painted Bunting ⁴⁹
Passerina ciris

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁵⁰
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Baltimore Oriole ⁴⁷
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ¹⁰
Icterus spurius

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹
Molothrus ater

House Finch ⁵¹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Dark-eyed Junco ¹⁸
Junco hyemalis

American Goldfinch ⁵²
Spinus tristis

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ¹
Polioptila caerulea

Sphinx Moths ⁵³
Sphingidae

Gulf Coast Toad ⁵⁴
Incilius nebulifer

Gulf Coast Toad ⁵⁵
Incilius valliceps

Green Tree Frog ⁵⁶
Hyla cinerea

Gray Treefrog ⁵⁷
Hyla versicolor

Blanchard's Cricket Frog ⁵⁸
Acris blanchardi

Northern Cricket Frog ⁵⁹
Acris crepitans

Western Chorus Frog ⁶⁰
Pseudacris triseriata

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad ⁴²
Gastrophryne carolinensis

American Bullfrog ⁶¹
Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog ⁶²
Lithobates clamitans

Southern Leopard Frog ⁶³
Lithobates sphenocephalus

Rio Grande Chirping Frog ⁵⁴
Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides

Small-mouthed Salamander
Ambystoma texanum

Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea quadridigitata

Green Anole ⁶⁴
Anolis carolinensis

Texas Spiny Lizard ⁶⁵
Sceloporus olivaceus

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Lick Creek Park, College Station, TX

Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Vireo flavifrons

Red-eyed Vireo 1 Vireo olivaceus

White-eyed Vireo 1 Vireo griseus

Tennessee Warbler 2 Oreothlypis peregrina

Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Oreothlypis celata

Blue-winged Warbler 4 Vermivora cyanoptera

Nashville Warbler 5 Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Black-and-white Warbler 6 Mniotilta varia

Hooded Warbler 4 Setophaga citrina

Blackburnian Warbler 7 Setophaga fusca

Magnolia Warbler 8 Setophaga magnolia

Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea

Chestnut-sided Warbler 9 Setophaga pensylvanica

Pine Warbler 1 Setophaga pinus

Golden-winged Warbler 1 Vermivora chrysoptera

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Setophaga coronata

Kentucky Warbler 1 Geothlypis formosa

Black-throated Green Warbler 10 Setophaga virens

Wilson's Warbler 11 Cardellina pusilla

Lincoln's Sparrow 12 Melospiza lincolnii

Lark Sparrow 13 Chondestes grammacus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14 Coccyzus americanus

Chipping Sparrow 15 Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow 16 Zonotrichia albicollis

Field Sparrow 17 Spizella pusilla

Song Sparrow 18 Melospiza melodia

Swainson's Warbler 19 Limnothlypis swainsonii

Hermit Thrush 20 Catharus guttatus

Turkey Vulture 21 Cathartes aura

Swainson's Thrush 22 Catharus ustulatus

Franklin's Gull 23 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Wood Thrush 4 Hylocichla mustelina

Black Vulture 24 Coragyps atratus

Eastern Screech-Owl 25 Megascops asio

Barred Owl 26 Strix varia

Golden-crowned Kinglet 27 Regulus satrapa

Pileated Woodpecker 28 Dryocopus pileatus

Wood Duck 29 Aix sponsa

Chuck-will's-widow 30 Antrostomus carolinensis

Downy Woodpecker 26 Picoides pubescens

Tufted Titmouse 31 Baeolophus bicolor

Red-bellied Woodpecker 32 Melanerpes carolinus

Northern Parula 10 Setophaga americana

Red-tailed Hawk 33 Buteo jamaicensis

American Woodcock 1 Scolopax minor

Mississippi Kite 1 Ictinia mississippiensis

Carolina Chickadee 10 Poecile carolinensis

Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Mourning Dove 34 Zenaida macroura

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 3 Megaceryle alcyon

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

Chimney Swift 35 Chaetura pelagica

Northern Flicker 36 Colaptes auratus

Acadian Flycatcher 37 Empidonax virescens

Eastern Phoebe 38 Sayornis phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Myiarchus crinitus

Blue Jay 39 Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow 24 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Purple Martin 40 Progne subis

Carolina Wren 41 Thryothorus ludovicianus

Eastern Bluebird 42 Sialia sialis

American Robin 34 Turdus migratorius

Gray Catbird 1 Dumetella carolinensis

Brown Thrasher 1 Toxostoma rufum

Northern Mockingbird 43 Mimus polyglottos

Louisiana Waterthrush 44 Parkesia motacilla

American Redstart 45 Setophaga ruticilla

Yellow Warbler 20 Setophaga petechia

Summer Tanager 46 Piranga rubra

Scarlet Tanager 1 Piranga olivacea

Eastern Towhee 47 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee 33 Pipilo maculatus

White-crowned Sparrow 48 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Painted Bunting 49 Passerina ciris

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 50 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Baltimore Oriole 47 Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole 10 Icterus spurius

Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Molothrus ater