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Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

Whitewater Springs is a 1600 acre community northwest of Austin in Burnet County, Texas. Our community has hills and valleys, Cow Creek and wet weather streams, a spring-fed lake of approximately 14 acres, and 300 acres of common area that is a natural habitat for the numerous native species we ...more ↓

Golden-cheeked Warbler 1
Setophaga chrysoparia
Black-capped Vireo 2
Vireo atricapilla
Great Blue Heron 3
Ardea herodias
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Regulus calendula
Yellow-shafted Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus luteus
Vermilion Flycatcher 6
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Scott's Oriole 7
Icterus parisorum
Lesser Goldfinch 1
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 8
Spinus tristis
Eastern Phoebe 9
Sayornis phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 10
Myiarchus cinerascens
Bewick's Wren 1
Thryomanes bewickii
Cedar Waxwing 11
Bombycilla cedrorum
Eastern Bluebird 12
Sialia sialis
Red-tailed Hawk 13
Buteo jamaicensis
Monarch 14
Danaus plexippus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 15
Tyrannus forficatus
Killdeer 16
Charadrius vociferus
Belted Kingfisher 17
Megaceryle alcyon
Northern Mockingbird 18
Mimus polyglottos
Northern Cardinal 19
Cardinalis cardinalis
Painted Bunting 20
Passerina ciris
Northern Bobwhite 21
Colinus virginianus
Red-winged Blackbird 22
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Poorwill 23
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Black-and-white Warbler 24
Mniotilta varia
Black Vulture 25
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Spotted Towhee 27
Pipilo maculatus
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Baeolophus atricristatus
Hermit Thrush 28
Catharus guttatus
Chimney Swift 1
Chaetura pelagica
Barn Swallow 29
Hirundo rustica
Chipping Sparrow 1
Spizella passerina
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 30
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Eastern Screech-Owl 31
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 32
Bubo virginianus
American Robin 33
Turdus migratorius
Greater Roadrunner 34
Geococcyx californianus
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Junco hyemalis
Rufous Hummingbird 13
Selasphorus rufus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 36
Archilochus colubris
Black-chinned Hummingbird 2
Archilochus alexandri
American Kestrel 37
Falco sparverius
Blue Grosbeak 38
Passerina caerulea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 39
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Harvester Ants 40
Pogonomyrmex
House Finch 41
Haemorhous mexicanus
Carolina Chickadee 42
Poecile carolinensis
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 43
Papilio cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 44
Papilio polyxenes
Two-tailed Swallowtail 45
Papilio multicaudata
Queen 46
Danaus gilippus
Red Admiral 47
Vanessa atalanta
Gulf Fritillary 48
Agraulis vanillae
Texas Cave Swallow 49
Petrochelidon fulva pallida
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 50
Crotalus atrox
Eastern Collared Lizard 51
Crotaphytus collaris
Texas Spiny Lizard 52
Sceloporus olivaceus
Green Anole 53
Anolis carolinensis
Redstripe Ribbon Snake 1
Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus
Diamondback Watersnake 54
Nerodia rhombifer
Western Coachwhip 55
Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Texas Coralsnake 56
Micrurus tener
Broad-banded Copperhead 57
Agkistrodon laticinctus
Northern Cottonmouth 58
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Wild Boar 59
Sus scrofa
Centipedes 60
Chilopoda
Fire Ants 61
Solenopsis
Orchard Oriole 42
Icterus spurius
Harvester Ants 40
Pogonomyrmex
Great Egret 62
Ardea alba
Gray Fox 63
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Coyote 64
Canis latrans
Mountain Lion 65
Puma concolor
Bobcat 66
Lynx rufus
White-tailed Deer 67
Odocoileus virginianus
Fox Squirrel 68
Sciurus niger
Eastern Cottontail 69
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 70
Lepus californicus
Striped Skunk 71
Mephitis mephitis
Ringtail 72
Bassariscus astutus
Common Raccoon 73
Procyon lotor
Nine-banded Armadillo 74
Dasypus novemcinctus
North American Porcupine 75
Erethizon dorsatum
Virginia Opossum 76
Didelphis virginiana
Hispid Cotton Rat 21
Sigmodon hispidus
American Beaver 32
Castor canadensis
Polyphemus Moth 77
Antheraea polyphemus
North American Luna Moth 78
Actias luna
Black Witch 79
Ascalapha odorata
Salt Marsh Moth 80
Estigmene acrea
Virginia Creeper Sphinx 81
Darapsa myron
White-lined Sphinx 82
Hyles lineata
Western Ratsnake 83
Pantherophis obsoletus
Little Brown Bat 84
Myotis velifer incautus
Surf Scoter 85
Melanitta perspicillata
Queen 46
Danaus gilippus
Variegated Fritillary 86
Euptoieta claudia

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