Site Report: Matagorda County Birding Nature Center

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)

A small nature reserve in Texas

2013-04-17: We stopped by the center for an hour or so after seeing it while driving past.

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (12 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Inca Dove (Columbina inca)

Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Wrens
- Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)