Birds of Quail Valley Photo Gallery by Margaret Sloan at pbase.com

Birds of Quail Valley

These are birds that have been seen in the Quail Valley subdivision in Missouri City. They are also my "backyard" birds as I have seen them all from my yard. Many are migratory birds that stopped briefly to rest, enjoy the bird bath, and eat a little before continuing on their way.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck	Northern Pintail	Mallard	Wood Duck	Muscovy
Pied-billed Grebe	Ross's Geese	Snow Geese	Greater White-fronted Geese	American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant	Anhinga	Wood Stork	Bald Eagle	Cooper's Hawk
Mississippi Kite	Black Vulture	Turkey Vulture	Red-shouldered hawk	Swainson's Hawk
Osprey	Red-tailed Hawk	Broad-winged hawk	Peregrine Falcon	American Kestrel
Crested Caracara	Barred Owl	Great Horned Owl	Common Nighthawk	Northern Bobwhite
Wood Stork	Great Blue Heron	Black-crowned Night Heron	Great Egret	Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron	Cattle Egret	Little Blue Heron	Tricolored Heron	Snowy Egret
Roseate Spoonbill	Three White Ibis	Sandhill Crane	Black-necked Stilt	Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper	Ring-billed Gull	Caspian Tern	Belted Kingfisher	Rock Dove
White-winged Dove	Inca Dove	Mourning Dove	Eurasian Collared-Dove	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Downy Woodpecker	Pileated Woodpecker
Black-chinned Hummingbird	Allen's Hummingbird	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Rufous Hummingbird
Purple Martin	Barn Swallow	Chimney Swift	Eastern Phoebe	Eastern Wood-pewee
Least Flycatcher	Acadian Flycatcher	Alder Flycatcher	Eastern Kingbird	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher	Blue-headed Vireo	Warbling Vireo	Philadelphia Vireo	Yellow-throated vireo
White-eyed Vireo	Red-eyed vireo	Blue Jay	American Crow	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Tufted Titmouse	Carolina Chickadee	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Carolina Wren
House Wren	American Robin	Northern Mockingbird	Loggerhead Shrike	Gray Catbird
Hermit Thrush	Swainson's Thrush	Brown Thrasher	Cedar Waxwing	European Starling
Golden-winged Warbler	Orange-crowned Warbler	Tennessee Warbler	Nashville Warbler	Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Black-throated Green Warbler	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Blackburnian Warbler	Pine Warbler
Bay-breasted warbler	Black-and-White Warbler	Prothonotary Warbler	American Redstart	Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler	Yellow-breasted Chat	Common Yellowthroat	Summer Tanager	Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Painted Bunting	Indigo Bunting	Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole	Orchard Oriole	Red-winged Blackbird	Brown-headed Cowbird	Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle	House Finch	American Goldfinch	Lincoln's Sparrow	Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow	Harris's Sparrow	White-throated Sparrow	White-crowned Sparrow	Dickcissel
House Sparrow	Monk Parakeet	Black-hooded Parakeets	Orange Bishop	Nutmeg Mannikin
Australian Zebra Finch	Backyard visitor ID?	Dickcissel

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Tom Altenbern		21-Jun-2012 18:31
We have a very confused Blue Heron that has joined our household. He (maybe she they look alike) has been spending a lot of time standing on the edge of our swimming pool. He has been coming by for 4 weeks now. Most days he comes and spends the day, other times only an hour or two near the end of the day. His daughter (or son) has joined him on a few occasions.. He of course catches nothing. We've tossed out some small shrimp onto deck but he ignores it. What is he thinking??

Emcee		18-Apr-2011 14:39
Was thrilled to see the Bald Eagle flying over Quail Valley near Hwy.6 and 1092 on Saturday, 04/16/11 and today, for the first time ever, we had a brilliant blue Indigo Bunting at our feeder. Absolutely lovely!

Ginger Jones		22-Dec-2010 14:14
we've had a 'painted bunting' for four days now at our feeder. we saw one in May for two days. They are so beautiful!

Tom Hauber		16-Oct-2010 02:21
1. I saw a large hawk-like bird (20+ inches?) standing "in the grass (odd?)" under one of the 15-20 foot trees directly across the street from the driveway of the old Robinson Estate/abandoned house about 5 PM Friday, Oct. 15. Also, I think I saw the same "large hawk-like bird " which was chased out of a tree when golfers were searching for their golf ball about 9 AM, Friday (same day) about 500 yards South of the 5 PM sighting.. 2. The large hawk-like bird was chased out of a tree about 9 AM Friday, (same day), immediately adjacent to, AND BETWEEN, the lake just North of the El Dorado #1 green and the large gray water district water tanks. I am a golf marshal and I was parked there, waiting in my golf cart between the lake/pond and the large gray water tanks because 2 golfers had hit their golf balls close to me and I was waiting to show them where their balls ended up. When one of the golfers approached his ball near the edge of the pond, this large hawk-like bird, with at least a 3+ foot wing span flew out of the nearest tree about 30-40 feet from me and over the lake/pond away from us. This happened about 9 AM, Friday. I think I saw the same bird, 500 yards South of there, on the other side of the lake about 4 PM, on the ground across the street from the old Robinson house driveway under the small trees within 20 feet of the street curb. 3. I'm a long time student of birdwatching and try to match up large raptor-like birds with Red-Tailed Hawkes around here and this one may be just that, because of the light and my position, and I was unable to make sure.. So I'm guessing it may have been an "Immature, or even a mature Red Tailed Hawk, as it was really large. 3. The location near that lake/pond makes sense for a raptor as there are all types of bird there all year long. 4. I remember 10 years ago when I was trying to confirm exactly what the Mississippi Kites really were when there were only 2 of them around here. Now there seem to be about a 10+ of them arond here. 5. Have you determined where the Monk Parakeets have their "communal apartment nesting" location? 6. I hunted ducks and geese for over 50+ years on the Texas coast and inland lakes but NEVER, ever saw a Black Bellied Tree duck... Then about 6-7 years ago, I was putting on La Quinta #10 and counted more than 110 of them all at the same time. That was a shocker... We ahve more now and they are on all the golf courses in the area. Who can miss tham with the coral colors! Please help me confirm the hawk-like bird frequenting QV MUD's pond. The one near the water and sewer plant and geysers.

Pat McCain		27-Jan-2010 21:11
Thanks for sharing - excellent photography!!! Quail Valley is a beautiful place to call home!!!

Carmen Munoz		27-Jan-2010 17:40
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing. I live on East Creek Club and our house backs up to Oyster Creek. An Owl lives in our back yard (creek area), which we really enjoy observing. I told my husband I see the Bald Eagle flying around occasionally. He told me Bald Eagles don't live around here. I'm printing these pics to show him :)

Julie Evett		27-Jan-2010 04:14
Great pictures, thanks for sharing, that's quite a camera

Joanne Gore		27-Jan-2010 03:38
The photos are fantastic. I just returned from Costa Rica and after seeing some amazing birds there I can't wait to see all that we enjoy in our own neighborhood!

Patti and Mike Hendrix		27-Jan-2010 01:19
I want to go bird watching with you! Absolutely gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing. - Patti Hendrix

sharon		27-Jan-2010 00:47
Another great reason for living in Quail Valley!

Pat Balacek		25-Jan-2010 21:01
Great pictures. Did you get a picture of the Monk Parakeet? Have a prosperous trip to Peru. Hope you see "300" per day.

Jaci Elliott		24-Jan-2010 05:50
Wow, these are wonderful to see. Wish I had the tenacity and the talent to capture on film and then to correctly identify all of these critters. Keep up the fine work, and I'll try to keep my camera ready when I go for walks around the disc golf course.

Joan Keahey		21-Jan-2010 14:22
It's too bad we no longer see red-headed woodpeckers in our pecan tree or the dickcissels in the open fields on Cartwright Rd.

Roger Rideau		20-Jan-2010 00:58
I will try to photograph the birds that show up in our yard. Great job and thanks for sharing with us.

Joan Keahey		19-Jan-2010 16:56
This is wonderful! Thank you for compiling a list and photos. I've seen and heard screech owls. Don't know if they were eastern or western.

Chuck Petters		12-Oct-2009 00:25
Great Gallery...Thank you for sharing it.

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