The Great Outdoors
Birding
San Angelo is a wonderful place for birding. It has varied habitat with farmland, ranch land, lakes, streams and hills. Its location is far enough south to pick up many species usually associated with Mexico. Also, as the region lies near the 100th meridian, it has both western and eastern species. According to the Concho Valley Bird List, there are 356 species of birds that have been confirmed since 1980 in this area. Anyone interested in birds of this region can contact Delbert Tarter at 325-949-1622, Ross Dawkins at 325-942-2064 or Dan and Jo Ann Brown (Hummer House) 325-255-2254 for a checklist at no charge.
For additional information please visit San Angelo Birding.
No indication of habitat, time of year, or probability of finding a particular species is given. Good luck on some of the species, and good birding.
Arden Road
Hawk,
Swainson's, Red-tailed
Great Horned
Owl
Chihuahuan
Raven
Pyrrhuloxia
Canyon Towhee
Sparrow,
Cassin's, Lark,
Grasshopper
Cave Swallow Culverts
Swallow, Cave,
Barn
City of San Angelo
Mississippi
Kite
Dove,
White-winged, Mourning,
Inca
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
Purple Martin,
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
House Finch
Dan Brown Ranch
southeast of Christoval on Ranch Road 2084
Wild Turkey
Black-chinned
Hummingbird
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
Painted Bunting
Chipping
Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Ducote Mud Flats
Heron, Great
Blue, Tricolored
White-face Ibis
Egret, Great,
Snowy
Northern
Shoveler, Green-winged
& Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall
Sandpipers and
other Waders
Blackbird,
Red-winged, Yellow-headed
Fisherman's Road, Spring Creek Park
Pied-billed
Grebe
American Coot
Belted Kingfish
Woodpecker,
The Golden-fronted, The
Ladder-backed & The Northern Flicker
Eastern
Bluebird
Knickerbocker Road
Harris's Hawk
Greater
Roadrunner
White-crowned
Sparrow
Lake Nasworthy
Grebe,
Pied-billed, Eared
Heron, Green,
Great Blue
Duck, most
winter species
Sora, Virginia
Rail
Common Snipe
Ring-billed
Gull
Foster's Tern
Belted
Kingfisher
Wren, Bewick's
Marsh
Eastern
Bluebird
Sparrow, Song,
Lincoln's,
Swamp
Lipan Flats
Northern
Harrier, Prairie
Falcon
Mountain Plover
Burrowing Owl
Horned Lark
Longspur,
McCown's, Chestnut-Collared
Middle Concho Park
Woodpecker,
Golden-fronted
Ladder Backed &
Northern
Flicker
Vermilion
Flycatcher
Eastern
Bluebird
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Middle Concho Pool, Twin Buttes
Grebe, Eared,
Horned
Duck, many
species
American Pipit
Say's Phoebe
Verdin
Towhee,
Green-trail, Spotted
Canyon
San Angelo City Farm
Waders, large
and small
Sparrow,
grassland species
Meadowlark,
Eastern &
Western
San Angelo Nature Center
Spillway
Road Trail
Sharp-shinned
Hawk
Great Horned
Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated
Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Black-crested
Titmouse
Verdin
Wren, Cactus,
Bewick's Carolina
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Towhee,
Canyon, Spotted,
Green-tailed
Sparrow,
Rufous-crowned
White-crowned
Northern
Cardinal, Pyrrhuloxia
Nature
Center Wetland Trail:
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo
Eastern &
Western Screech-Owls
Gray Catbird
Warblers,
during migration
Painted Bunting
Oriole,
Bullockis
San Angelo State Park
Including
O.C. Fisher Reservoir
Grebe, Horned,
Western Clark's
American White
Pelican
Cormorant,
Neotropic, Double-crested
Duck, most
winter species
Osprey
Hawk,
Swainson's Red-tailed
Scaled Quail,
Northern Bobwhite
Wading and
Shore Birds,
Egrets, Herons
Least Tern
Greater
Roadrunner
Eastern,
Western Screech-Owls,
Woodpecker,
Golden-fronted
Ladder back
Flycatcher,
Vermilion, Ash-throated,
Scissor-tailed
Western
Kingbird
Northern
Rough-winged Swallow
Wren, Cactus,
Bewick's,
Carolina Curve-billed Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit
Summer Tanager
South Concho Pool, Twin Buttes
Duck, all
species
Osprey
Waders,
including Snowy
Plover
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo
American Pipit
Blue Grosbeak
Dickeissel
Blackbirds,
Red-winged,
Yellow-headed
Oriole,
Orchard, Bullockis
State Fish Hatchery #1
Cormorant,
Neotropic, Double-crested
Duck, all
species
Sue's Park, Wilderness Area
Inca Dove
Sora, Virginia
Rail
Woodpecker,
Golden-fronted,
Ladder-backed, Northern Flicker
Carolina
Chickadee
Black-crested
Titmouse
Northern
Cardinal
Susan Peak Road
American
Kestrel
Western
Scrub-Jay
Black-capped
Vireo
Walnut Creek Ranch
35 miles north on US 87
Bald Eagle
Scaled Quail,
Northern Bobwhite
Black-capped
Vireo
Western
Scrub-Jay
Bushtit
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow
X Bar Ranch
21 miles southwest of Eldorado
on Ranch Road 2129
Western
Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Bushtit
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher
Sage Thrasher
Black-throated
Sparrow
