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 ↓

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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

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ¹⁴
Tyrannus forficatus

Killdeer ¹⁵
Charadrius vociferus

Belted Kingfisher ¹⁶
Megaceryle alcyon

Northern Mockingbird ¹⁷
Mimus polyglottos

Northern Cardinal ¹⁸
Cardinalis cardinalis

Painted Bunting ¹⁹
Passerina ciris

Northern Bobwhite ²⁰
Colinus virginianus

Red-winged Blackbird ²¹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Common Poorwill ²²
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Black-and-white Warbler ²³
Mniotilta varia

Black Vulture ²⁴
Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture ²⁵
Cathartes aura

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Towhee ²⁶
Pipilo maculatus

Black-crested Titmouse ²
Baeolophus atricristatus

Hermit Thrush ²⁷
Catharus guttatus

Chimney Swift ¹
Chaetura pelagica

Barn Swallow ²⁸
Hirundo rustica

Chipping Sparrow ¹
Spizella passerina

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ²⁹
Aphelocoma woodhouseii

Eastern Screech-Owl ³⁰
Megascops asio

Great Horned Owl ³¹
Bubo virginianus

American Robin ³²
Turdus migratorius

Greater Roadrunner ³³
Geococcyx californianus

Dark-eyed Junco ³⁴
Junco hyemalis

Rufous Hummingbird ¹³
Selasphorus rufus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ³⁵
Archilochus colubris

Black-chinned Hummingbird ²
Archilochus alexandri

American Kestrel ³⁶
Falco sparverius

Blue Grosbeak ³⁷
Passerina caerulea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ³⁸
Pheucticus ludovicianus

House Finch ³⁹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Carolina Chickadee ⁴⁰
Poecile carolinensis

Texas Cave Swallow ⁴¹
Petrochelidon fulva pallida

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake ⁴²
Crotalus atrox

Eastern Collared Lizard ⁴³
Crotaphytus collaris

Texas Spiny Lizard ⁴⁴
Sceloporus olivaceus

Green Anole ⁴⁵
Anolis carolinensis

Redstripe Ribbon Snake ¹
Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus

Diamondback Watersnake ⁴⁶
Nerodia rhombifer

Western Coachwhip ⁴⁷
Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Texas Coralsnake ⁴⁸
Micrurus tener

Broad-banded Copperhead ⁴⁹
Agkistrodon laticinctus

Northern Cottonmouth ⁵⁰
Agkistrodon piscivorus

Wild Boar ⁵¹
Sus scrofa

Orchard Oriole ⁴⁰
Icterus spurius

Great Egret ⁵²
Ardea alba

Gray Fox ⁵³
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Coyote ⁵⁴
Canis latrans

Mountain Lion ⁵⁵
Puma concolor

Bobcat ⁵⁶
Lynx rufus

White-tailed Deer ⁵⁷
Odocoileus virginianus

Fox Squirrel ⁵⁸
Sciurus niger

Eastern Cottontail ⁵⁹
Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ⁶⁰
Lepus californicus

Striped Skunk ⁶¹
Mephitis mephitis

Ringtail ⁶²
Bassariscus astutus

Common Raccoon ⁶³
Procyon lotor

Nine-banded Armadillo ⁶⁴
Dasypus novemcinctus

North American Porcupine ⁶⁵
Erethizon dorsatum

Virginia Opossum ⁶⁶
Didelphis virginiana

Hispid Cotton Rat ²⁰
Sigmodon hispidus

American Beaver ³¹
Castor canadensis

Western Ratsnake ⁶⁷
Pantherophis obsoletus

Little Brown Bat ⁶⁸
Myotis velifer incautus

Surf Scoter ⁶⁹
Melanitta perspicillata

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Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

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

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 14 Tyrannus forficatus

Killdeer 15 Charadrius vociferus

Belted Kingfisher 16 Megaceryle alcyon

Northern Mockingbird 17 Mimus polyglottos

Northern Cardinal 18 Cardinalis cardinalis

Painted Bunting 19 Passerina ciris

Northern Bobwhite 20 Colinus virginianus

Red-winged Blackbird 21 Agelaius phoeniceus

Common Poorwill 22 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Black-and-white Warbler 23 Mniotilta varia

Black Vulture 24 Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture 25 Cathartes aura

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Towhee 26 Pipilo maculatus

Black-crested Titmouse 2 Baeolophus atricristatus

Hermit Thrush 27 Catharus guttatus

Chimney Swift 1 Chaetura pelagica

Barn Swallow 28 Hirundo rustica

Chipping Sparrow 1 Spizella passerina

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 29 Aphelocoma woodhouseii

Eastern Screech-Owl 30 Megascops asio

Great Horned Owl 31 Bubo virginianus

American Robin 32 Turdus migratorius

Greater Roadrunner 33 Geococcyx californianus

Dark-eyed Junco 34 Junco hyemalis

Rufous Hummingbird 13 Selasphorus rufus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35 Archilochus colubris

Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 Archilochus alexandri

American Kestrel 36 Falco sparverius

Blue Grosbeak 37 Passerina caerulea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 38 Pheucticus ludovicianus

House Finch 39 Haemorhous mexicanus

Carolina Chickadee 40 Poecile carolinensis

Texas Cave Swallow 41 Petrochelidon fulva pallida

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 42 Crotalus atrox

Eastern Collared Lizard 43 Crotaphytus collaris

Texas Spiny Lizard 44 Sceloporus olivaceus

Green Anole 45 Anolis carolinensis

Redstripe Ribbon Snake 1 Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus

Diamondback Watersnake 46 Nerodia rhombifer

Western Coachwhip 47 Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Texas Coralsnake 48 Micrurus tener

Broad-banded Copperhead 49 Agkistrodon laticinctus

Northern Cottonmouth 50 Agkistrodon piscivorus

Wild Boar 51 Sus scrofa

Orchard Oriole 40 Icterus spurius

Great Egret 52 Ardea alba

Gray Fox 53 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Coyote 54 Canis latrans

Mountain Lion 55 Puma concolor

Bobcat 56 Lynx rufus

White-tailed Deer 57 Odocoileus virginianus

Fox Squirrel 58 Sciurus niger

Eastern Cottontail 59 Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 60 Lepus californicus

Striped Skunk 61 Mephitis mephitis

Ringtail 62 Bassariscus astutus

Common Raccoon 63 Procyon lotor

Nine-banded Armadillo 64 Dasypus novemcinctus

North American Porcupine 65 Erethizon dorsatum

Virginia Opossum 66 Didelphis virginiana

Hispid Cotton Rat 20 Sigmodon hispidus

American Beaver 31 Castor canadensis

Western Ratsnake 67 Pantherophis obsoletus