Top 10 Birds of Texas

This video was so fun to make. Although difficult to go through every bird in Texas one by one and place the best in a list of 10, I am truly happy with the result. I hope you find my choices to be reasonable because I gave a lot of thought and effort into this video. As always I hope you enjoy! Subscribe if you want to see more!
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Information and script: Birds of Texas by Keith A. Arnold and Gregory Kennedy.
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Music: epidemicsound.com

[@kaiowaio]

jazz and birds, perfection

[@macbeavers6938]

Good job. Shrikes and Road Runners are pretty friendly also. I am most impressed with the falcons here in West Texas as well as the Golden Eagles.

[@vidyasuresh9020]

Very nice, colorful birds & narration. Please put up more bird videos of Texas. Thanks for sharing !

[@stingylizard]

Excellent! Loved how you threw in the 8 honorable mentions that we see here regularly(including a road runner). Caraca(sp) have been in ATX/central TX a lot lately. Painted bunting is a once a year sighting. Back when we were kids in early 1980's,DDT had kilt off most big raptors--good to see them so numerous.Thanks for video!

[@cgriesemer]

Was expecting Mourning Doves at least in the honorable mention. Who hasn’t listened wistfully to doves cooing early in the morning?

[@user-sy9nt5rj6h]

Definitely hoping red tailed hawk would be number one. I always hurry outside to see the happenings when I hear them making their crying calls.

[@andersdroid]

Nice list. But it’s the rose-ee-et Roseate Spoonbill

[@user-pw6ws1li8q]

I think your video is great! I have only one comment - #8 is the Roseate spoonbill, not the Rosetta spoonbill. A small thing, but accuracy is key when educating the public. Thanks for your video!

[@javiervillarreal4844]

You left out the Green-jay...what a beautiful bird it is.

[@miles_quartz]

personally my favorite texas bird is the white winged dove, they're the first bird i ever truly identified. i remember being around 12-14 maybe, in my old neighborhood, and this poor injured bird was hoping along the sidewalk unable to fly away, so i held him in my hands and i had never been that close to a bird before. his beautiful orange eye surrounded by blue feathers completely captivated me. i tried my best to help him at the time but unfortunately, he passed on. now i try my best to learn about more birds so i can do my best to help protect them. their very distinct call also reminds me of home, of waking up early in the morning, of all those peaceful morning hours i had all to myself. i grew up with a lot of fighting, and for just a while, when i would wake up really early, i would be awoken by those calls, i never gave it much thought, i always loved birds but i not until now did i really appreciate them, you know? they're so adorable, they're very easy to spot, and they remind me of home. plus they're really impressive little guys!! they're desert birds so they have to have lots of stamina to find water and such. i also love turkey vultures, they're ADORABLEEE and have great personalities. plus they're another common bird from the area i grew up in. i remember a whole flock of them lived on this big cell phone tower i think so you could get this really great view of them. sorry if i used any incorrect terms, i'm still learning!!

[@paulmills1705]

Nice collection. I cannot take issue with any bird here. Especially, if the Bob White is included.

[@pilotmike7569]

Awesome!😀 I loved them all - some live in Poland too (or very similar species) but this cool chicken with orange ornaments stole my heart!😊❤ And the roadrunner of course too!😂🐦💨 Thank you so much for this video!👍

[@J_Birds]

Hi friend!! I'm so glad you loved them too! All of these are so iconic to me and that's cool that you get so see some of them in Poland. Haha yes, that is definitely a favorite of mine. Seeing them in the sun was sooo beautiful. Thanks for your lovely comment as always. I hope you have a wonderful day and take care :D

[@abranluevano]

I live in Texas and have never seen a prairie chicken before! But, I will say, the roadrunner is HUGE when you see it in person. I've seen them all over Texas and each encounter I have, I am always amazed at how tall the roadrunners are! Blows my mind! And to watch them run is an experience!

[@ConwayTruckload]

You left out the Blue Jay,The cardinal and the state bird the mocking bird.

[@joannagumbs4841]

Great tailed grackle barn swallow cliff swallow pigeon white winged dove starlings lots of other birds

[@darylbernard2616]

When I think of my Texas Top 10, I'm thinking of birds I can't see in most other places around the country, so Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, and many others from your list our out. Here are mine, in no particular order. Green Jay Great Kiskadee Common Pauraque Green Kingfisher Plain Chachalaca Least Grebe Buff-bellied Hummingbird Aplomado Falcon Clay-colored Thrush Olive Sparrow *By the way, it's Roseate Spoonbill, not Rosetta Spoonbill.

[@DonBernhard]

In the central Texas area I think I see Red Shouldered Hawks more often than Red Tailed Hawks. They are both beautiful birds.

[@vickyvango634]

New to your channel!! Very nice!

[@richardmason9626]

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[@kilohotel6750]

I was thinking the caracara was going to be on there but honorable mention isn't bad. I'll be heading down to Texas in February of 22, Aransas area and found this video while searching for places to visit. Hopefully I'll see most of the birds on this list.

[@joannepatchett7836]

More, PLEASE!!!

[@auglazeallday5335]

I enjoyed your video but, no Northern Mockingbird?

[@chase3dprinting]

My favorite bird is native to Texas I live in Northern Texas but my favorite bird is the scissor-tailed flycatcher

[@J_Birds]

That's such an amazing bird! I love getting to see them at this one cricket park I always go to. I would have put them on the list but they aren't residents and only come here in the winter :( But thanks for your comment and it was nice to meet a fellow Texan!

[@Highwizardd]

red tailed hawks live around my house im always scared they will eat my dogs with the way the swoop around my backyard

[@m.hernandez1404]

keeeeeer!!!!

[@CalidrisJZ]

Loggerhead shrike (not "lojerhead") and Roseate spoonbill (not "rosetta")

[@chphtsn]

Sand hill cranes?

[@RCSTILE]

Please tell where in Texas the Pileated Woodpecker is a native bird. It must be the same area as the EASTERN BLUEBIRD.

[@J_Birds]

Haha many times I see them in the same places as Eastern Bluebirds. You can find them in East Texas and many times you'll see them at the top of tall, dead trees. They also have a very loud call that you would usually hear over everything else in the forest. A specific spot that I've been to look for the Pileated Woodpecker is Kleb Woods. A pair of them used to nest there but I'm not sure if they are still there. I hope this helped and have a good day :)

[@RCSTILE]

@@J_BirdsAppreciate the info. I live in Arlington and haven't seen a pileated woodpecker since I move he in '84

[@abracadabra3089]

It would have been nice, if you would had typed the name of the birds at least, and include a short recording of their call. I'm trying to find one from the Panhandle, that we never got to see, but we looove it's call.

[@J_Birds]

Ah my apologies, this was a very experimental video of mine and it was made a while ago before I got into the flow of KZbin. I'll make sure to take your request into consideration though! And I hope you are able to figure out what that bird is

[@abracadabra3089]

@@J_Birds Thank you for your kind reply ☺ We haven't found it yet 😟 hopefully we will 😁 Enjoy your weekend!! 🌸

[@texasbirdactivities1186]

Mockingbird probably

[@galanie]

As a Texas Native of over 60 years I've at least seen all but one of these birds. I had no idea there were prairie chickens even in Texas anywhere. But I've lived only along the gulf coast and in east Texas. As you know it's a large state with many different habitats. Good job for not just showing birds found mostly only in one region of the state. Most of the Texas birds videos show just the ones around Austin, for example.

[@J_Birds]

Wow, I'm honored to be in your presence. Yes they are quite the rare treasure, they only live in a small part of central Texas and the Texas population is decreasing in numbers. I live along the gulf coast as well!! I love all of the shorebirds and wading birds we have, there is such a great variety of amazing birds here. Thank you for your praise, I did my best to keep it as unbiased as possible. Thank you for your lovely comment and kind words my new friend. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week :)

[@gothamsbirdman9500]

Plenty of Red tail hawks in New York City too

[@J_Birds]

That's awesome! I'm glad you are able to see them so up north. Thanks for the comment and sub :)

[@tylermcintyre1454]

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[@tylermcintyre1454]

Tyler Mac hello

[@charlesmiller6262]

Mockingbird????

[@darrelljowell2779]

what no mockingbird

[@J_Birds]

Haha yeah sorry about that... I don't exactly remember what was going through my head at the time but I either forgot about them or didn't wanna count state birds because that's a given. They should still be up there though! Probably in top 3 if I did this list again

[@johnhartley3596]

BTW it’s Roseate, not Rosetta.

[@J_Birds]

Ah you are so right, my apologies lol that's just how I used to say it and spell it as a kid. Nice catch and thanks for letting me know :)