United States · Texas
Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.)
309 species and 138,779 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 198 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Salineño Wildlife Preserve8 km320 species
- La Gloria – a través de Salineño8 km227 species
- Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079)12 km322 species
All 309 species recorded here
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.)?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 198 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.)?
309 species, from 138,779 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.) in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Mockingbird, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Greater Roadrunner and Great-tailed Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.