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

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