Birding Opportunities at Stony Ridge Ranch

Seasonal Sightings

Stony Ridge Ranch in the Texas Hill Country is blessed with wonderful birding Spring, Summer and Fall.

Watch the most colorful bird in North America, the Painted Bunting, Vermillion Flycatcher, and observe Peregrine Falcons, Ladder Backed Woodpeckers, the Red Shouldered Hawk and Blue-Winged Warbler.

  • Peak time to see a variety of birds is early May into June and September and October.
  • Best viewing of hummingvirds is July and August.

Also...

  • Butterflies and Spring flowers are in abundance in April and May.

 

 

Here is a partial list of birds that have been sighted at Stony Ridge Ranch in September and October of 2004:

Northern Mockingbird  White-winged Dove House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch Chipping Sparrow Rufus-crowned Sparrow
Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Cooper's Hawk
Cactus Wren Northern Cardinal  Mourning Dove
Western Scrub Jay Northern Flicker Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Rufus-crowned Sparrow American Goldfinch  Vermillion Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe Great Horned Owl Turkey
Ladder Backed
Woodpecker		 Greater Roadrunner
American Kestrel 		 Northern Rough-
Winged Swallow
American Crow Black-crested Titmouse Red Shouldered hawk
Barn Swallow  Blue-grey Gnatcatcher  Broad Winged Hawk
Common Ground-Dove Yellow Headed Blackbird  Crested Caracara
Bewick's Wren  Orange Crowned Warbler Bank Swallow 
Eastern Wood-Pewee Brown-headed Cowbird  Red-tailed Hawk
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher White Eyed Vireo Painted Bunting
Loggerhead Shrike Great Egret Peregrine Falcon
Great Blue Heron Harris Hawk Scarlet Tanager
Blue-winged Warbler Mississippi Kite Sharp-shinned Hawk