Crescent Bend Nature Park - Birds

12805 Schaefer Road, Schertz, Texas.

170 acres of aquatic, woodlands and savannas habitats which makes it home to a very interesting assortment of plants, insects, reptiles, mammals and birds. CBNP is a very special place for birding.

All 258

Great Egret ¹
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ²
Ardea herodias

Green Heron ³
Butorides virescens

Crested Caracaras ⁴
Caracara

Merlin ⁵
Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon ⁶
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁷
Falco sparverius

Lesser Nighthawk ⁸
Chordeiles acutipennis

Common Nighthawk ⁹
Chordeiles minor

Buff-bellied Hummingbird ⁹
Amazilia yucatanensis

Black-chinned Hummingbird ¹⁰
Archilochus alexandri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ¹¹
Archilochus colubris

Chimney Swift ⁹
Chaetura pelagica

American Wigeon ¹²
Mareca americana

Gadwall ⁹
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹³
Spatula clypeata

Blue-winged Teal ¹²
Spatula discors

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ¹⁴
Dendrocygna autumnalis

Green-winged Teal ¹⁵
Anas crecca

Greater White-fronted Goose ¹⁶
Anser albifrons

Ring-necked Duck ¹²
Aythya collaris

Wood Duck ¹⁷
Aix sponsa

Egyptian Goose ¹⁸
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Osprey ⁹
Pandion haliaetus

Cooper's Hawk ¹⁹
Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk ²⁰
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ²¹
Circus hudsonius

Zone-tailed Hawk ¹⁰
Buteo albonotatus

Red-tailed Hawk ²²
Buteo jamaicensis

Red-shouldered Hawk ²³
Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk ²⁴
Buteo platypterus

Swainson's Hawk ²⁵
Buteo swainsoni

Mississippi Kite ²⁶
Ictinia mississippiensis

Double-crested Cormorant ²⁷
Phalacrocorax auritus

Neotropic Cormorant ²⁸
Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Purple Martin ²⁹
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ³⁰
Hirundo rustica

Cave Swallow ⁹
Petrochelidon fulva

Cliff Swallow ³¹
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Bronzed Cowbird ⁹
Molothrus aeneus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹⁰
Molothrus ater

Bullock's Oriole ³²
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ³³
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ³⁴
Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark ³⁵
Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark ⁹
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle ³⁶
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ³⁷
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ³⁸
Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike ⁹
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-crested Titmouse ¹⁰
Baeolophus atricristatus

Carolina Chickadee ³⁴
Poecile carolinensis

Red-breasted Nuthatch ³⁹
Sitta canadensis

European Starling ⁴⁰
Sturnus vulgaris

Carolina Wren ⁴¹
Thryothorus ludovicianus

House Wren ¹⁰
Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren ⁴²
Troglodytes hiemalis

Bewick's Wren ⁹
Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin ⁴³
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ⁴⁴
Catharus guttatus

Gray-cheeked Thrush ⁴⁵
Catharus minimus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴⁶
Catharus ustulatus

Eastern Bluebird ⁴⁷
Sialia sialis

Black-capped Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo atricapilla

Bell's Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo bellii

Yellow-throated Vireo ⁵
Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo ⁴⁸
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ⁴⁹
Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁵⁰
Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo ²⁶
Vireo philadelphicus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁵¹
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁵²
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ²⁶
Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco ⁵³
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow ⁹
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ⁹
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁵⁴
Chondestes grammacus

Swamp Sparrow ⁵⁵
Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁵¹
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁴⁴
Melospiza melodia

Clay-colored Sparrow ⁹
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ⁹
Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow ⁵¹
Spizella pusilla

Fox Sparrow ²⁰
Passerella iliaca

White-throated Sparrow ⁵⁶
Zonotrichia albicollis

White-crowned Sparrow ⁵⁷
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow ⁵⁸
Zonotrichia querula

Eastern Towhee ⁵⁹
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee ⁶⁰
Pipilo maculatus

Black-throated Sparrow ⁶¹
Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow ⁶²
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁶³
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ⁵
Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird ¹⁰
Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher ⁹
Oreoscoptes montanus

Blue Grosbeak ⁵⁴
Passerina caerulea

Painted Bunting ³⁶
Passerina ciris

Indigo Bunting ⁹
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁶⁴
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak ⁹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

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Crescent Bend Nature Park - Birds

Great Egret 1 Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron 2 Ardea herodias

Green Heron 3 Butorides virescens

Crested Caracaras 4 Caracara

Merlin 5 Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon 6 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 7 Falco sparverius

Lesser Nighthawk 8 Chordeiles acutipennis

Common Nighthawk 9 Chordeiles minor

Buff-bellied Hummingbird 9 Amazilia yucatanensis

Black-chinned Hummingbird 10 Archilochus alexandri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11 Archilochus colubris

Chimney Swift 9 Chaetura pelagica

American Wigeon 12 Mareca americana

Gadwall 9 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 13 Spatula clypeata

Blue-winged Teal 12 Spatula discors

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 14 Dendrocygna autumnalis

Green-winged Teal 15 Anas crecca

Greater White-fronted Goose 16 Anser albifrons

Ring-necked Duck 12 Aythya collaris

Wood Duck 17 Aix sponsa

Egyptian Goose 18 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Osprey 9 Pandion haliaetus

Cooper's Hawk 19 Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 21 Circus hudsonius

Zone-tailed Hawk 10 Buteo albonotatus

Red-tailed Hawk 22 Buteo jamaicensis

Red-shouldered Hawk 23 Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk 24 Buteo platypterus

Swainson's Hawk 25 Buteo swainsoni

Mississippi Kite 26 Ictinia mississippiensis

Double-crested Cormorant 27 Phalacrocorax auritus

Neotropic Cormorant 28 Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Purple Martin 29 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 30 Hirundo rustica

Cave Swallow 9 Petrochelidon fulva

Cliff Swallow 31 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Bronzed Cowbird 9 Molothrus aeneus

Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Molothrus ater

Bullock's Oriole 32 Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole 33 Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole 34 Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark 35 Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark 9 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle 36 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 37 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 38 Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike 9 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-crested Titmouse 10 Baeolophus atricristatus

Carolina Chickadee 34 Poecile carolinensis

Red-breasted Nuthatch 39 Sitta canadensis

European Starling 40 Sturnus vulgaris

Carolina Wren 41 Thryothorus ludovicianus

House Wren 10 Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren 42 Troglodytes hiemalis

Bewick's Wren 9 Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin 43 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 44 Catharus guttatus

Gray-cheeked Thrush 45 Catharus minimus

Swainson's Thrush 46 Catharus ustulatus

Eastern Bluebird 47 Sialia sialis

Black-capped Vireo 10 Vireo atricapilla

Bell's Vireo 10 Vireo bellii

Yellow-throated Vireo 5 Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo 48 Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo 49 Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo 50 Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo 26 Vireo philadelphicus

Blue-headed Vireo 51 Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 52 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 26 Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco 53 Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow 9 Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow 9 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 54 Chondestes grammacus

Swamp Sparrow 55 Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow 51 Melospiza lincolnii