Big Bend National Park: Birds, Animals, Lizards & Insects

Cactus Wren

Photographed at Panther Junction in BBNP These wrens are very vocal in the evening around sunset. They have an eerie call. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOc0Y6-D-9c

Red-tailed Hawk Immature

I saw this hawk from the road headed to Panther Junction. I turned around and got to a 90 degrees of his perch. After finding a place to park the truck, I got out with my D500 & Nikkor 200-500 lens and began to stalk him. Surprisingly, he let me approach him very close. I was the highlight of the day's bird images.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Along US 385

Greater Earless Lizard

Photographed at Sam Nail Ranch

Turkey Vulture

Eating a dead jackrabbit along US 385

White-tailed deer (buck)

White-tailed deer, buck at the Chisos Mtn Lodge

Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard

Photographed at Davis Mtns State Park

Big Bend Tree Lizard

Photographed at Davis Mtns State Park

Cactus Wren

Panther Junction

House Sparrow

Picking bugs off of a car fender

Greater Roadrunner

Rio Grande Village, BBNP

Greater Roadrunner

Rio Grande Village, BBNP

Greater Roadrunner

Rio Grande Village, BBNP

Greater Roadrunner

Rio Grande Village, BBNP

Greater Roadrunner

Rio Grande Village, BBNP

Coyote

Near the Maverick Badlands: He crossed the road in front of us. I stopped, got out with my Nikon and squeaked on my varmint call. He paused long enough and then gave me this look.....Gringo, you're not fooling me.

Scott's Oriole

BBNP Chisos Mtn Lodge

Verdin

BBNP Dugout Wells

Scott's Oriole

BBNP Chisos Mtn Lodge

Verdin

Dugout Wells BBNP

Red-tailed Hawk, Immature

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Brown-headed Cowbird

Photographed at Davis Mountains State Park

Leaf-footed Bug

Photographed at the Chisos Mtn Lodge in BBNP

Cactus wren

Photographed at Panther Junctions in Big Bend National Park

Curved-billed Thrasher

Photographed at Panther Junction in Big Bend National Park

If there is one bird that says alot about Big Bend it is the Roadrunner. This bird doesn't fly but chases insects and small rodents with his feet. Beep, beep.

Big Bend has an abundance of Vermillion Flycatchers.

This guy was catching lizzards as fast as beep, beep.

Cactus Wren: a vocal inhabitant of Big Bend

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