Sandesh Kadur / Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) roosting on electric lines along Highway 77, Brownsville, Texas, USA. March

Krista Schlyer / Black-crested titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Audubon Sabal Palms Preserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. February.

Krista Schlyer / Long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) Lower Rio Grande Valley, Audubon Sabal Palm Preserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. February.

Claudio Contreras / Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) perched Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas USA

Claudio Contreras / Long-Billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) perched. Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Pair of Green Cheeked / Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) at nesting cavity in palm tree, Brownsville, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2001

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green Parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) at nesting cavity in palm tree, Brownsville, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2001

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) with head emerged from nesting cavity in palm tree, Brownsville, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2001

Wendy Shattil / Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) male crossing road. Southmost Preserve, Nature Conservancy Reserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. July.

Wendy Shattil / Rabb Plantation House, Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. July 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Gate along USA-Mexico border wall through Southmost Preserve. The border wall separates 85% of the reserve from the United State's side of the barrier. Nature Conservancy Reserve, Brownsville, Tex...

Wendy Shattil / House viewed through border wall. Southmost Preserve, Nature Conservancy Reserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. 2019.