Hargill Playa
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Hargill Playa is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 215 species recorded on eBird. This forest and wetland habitat attracts Turkey Vulture, Harris's Hawk, and Say's Phoebe among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Snowy Plover
Anarhynchus nivosus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Mexican Duck
Anas diazi
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Audubon's Oriole
Icterus graduacauda
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Killdeer
Western Cattle-Egret
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
European Starling
Curve-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Pyrrhuloxia
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Birding Tips
- 1
Listen for vocalizations to locate canopy-dwelling warblers and vireos.
- 2
Check forest edges and clearings for flycatchers and thrushes.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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