Birds of Quail Valley Photo Gallery by Margaret Sloan and Bret Mossman 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	Brown pelican
American White Pelican	Double-crested Cormorant	Anhinga	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	Eastern Screech-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	Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager	Canada Warbler	Wilson's Warbler	Painted Bunting	Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	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	Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow	White-crowned Sparrow	Dickcissel	House Sparrow	Monk Parakeet
Black-hooded Parakeets	Northern Red Bishop	Scaly-breasted Munia	Australian Zebra Finch	Backyard visitor ID?

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Catherine		27-May-2020 16:16
I often wondered what that birds were outside of my window. I will be on the lookout now. Thanks, Quail Valley East.

Guest		04-Jun-2016 23:53
I have a pair of whistling ducks visiting our backyard feeders. My husband and I truly enjoy them. We live in the Covington wood subdivision in Sugar Land, Texas. Gloria

Bonnie		18-Feb-2016 20:27
Today there are a pair of Anhingas fishing in the water way between Flamingo Island and the Bird Sanctuary here in Lake Olympia. They have caught a lot of fish, flashing silver in the February sunlight.

Ron Suder		27-Jul-2015 02:26
I just saw a pair of what my "Birds of Texas" book identifies as Ladderback Woodpeckers. They were in a large Oak tree in my front yard. Anybody else ever seen these attractive little birds?

greylock		20-Apr-2015 19:49
I was at Kitty Hollow Park today and saw a lot of birds I believe to be ducks because of the head and bill configuration. The bill is a vivid orange and the bird shows striking white markings. It does not exhibit what I would consider a normal duck posture, standing more erect with the head held very erect. The body is slenderer than ducks I am familiar with and it seem to have longer legs. I first thought it might be some wood duck variety, but I did not locate one that looked the same.

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.

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

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