Site Report: Austin
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
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Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Capital of Texas
Visits
- 2013-04-14: We arrived in Austin just in time to catch a couple of mostly mediocre bands. During the day, we visited a few locations in Austin including South Congress Street and Barton Creek Spring.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (32 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(32 records)
Class: Birds
(30 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Order: Pelicans
(7 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Molossidae
- Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)