Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park / Oak Point Nature Preserve

Feb 6, 2010

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) at Oak Point Nature Preserve Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-shouldered Hawk
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Harris's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) Harris's Sparrow
Silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium).
The yellow fruit looks like a small tomato but contains glycoalkoloid toxins that can cause livestock poisonings.
Silverleaf nightshade fruit

Mustang Grape (Vitis mustangensis) grows on large tree trunks near the Outdoor Learning Center

Mustang Grape
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) male Great-tailed Grackle
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) at the Plano Outdoor Learning Center Orange-crowned Warbler
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Downy Woodpecker
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) male House Finch
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) female House Finch

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

 

Dark-eyed Junco
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Tufted Titmouse
A male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue Jay