Birding Texas: San Angelo Nature Center

San Angelo Nature Center, located near Lake Nasworthy in San Angelo, Texas, has some lovely bird watching spots. The Nature Center itself is well worth visiting, a regional museum and learning center with a garden that features native plants. Two nature trails are also operated at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, with bird watching habitats that include mesquite brush, rocky hillsides, junipers, pecan trees and more. Looking for the Golden-crowned Kinglet, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak or Sharp-shinned Hawk? Find all of these birds and more here. For tips on finding and identifying some of the species you may see while bird watching at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, see below.

Swamp Sparrow. Look for this small sparrow at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, foraging on the ground for seeds and insects. You will recognize it while bird watching from its dark streaked brown upperparts and the rust colored cap on its head. It also has a gray face, and pink legs and feet. This little sparrow can be found when bird watching in the marshes and wetlands of San Angelo Nature Center in Texas.

Curve-billed Thrasher. Identify this medium-sized thrasher while bird watching at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas from its gray upperparts and long, decurved bill. It has red eyes and black legs and feet. Look for this thrasher while bird watching near dense undergrowth at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, where you will see it hunting for spiders, small reptiles, fruit and insects.

Verdin. This tiny bird can be found in the scrubbier areas of San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, where you will see it hopping from twig to twig, looking for spiders and insects. Recognize it while bird watching from its yellow face and throat, gray upperparts, and reddish-brown shoulder patches. It also has black legs and feet.

Great Horned Owl. Look for this large owl at dusk and dawn at San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, when it hunts by gliding on silent wings through the forest. This owl is easy to identify while bird watching, as it is very large and has the distinctive ear tufts that give it its name. It is dark brown overall, with a rufous facial disk and a white throat. This fearsome hunter will eat other birds, even those as large as Great Blue Herons, and also eats other owls.

Eastern Screech Owl. This is one of the smaller owls, easy to recognize while bird watching from the dark ring around its facial disk, as well as its yellow eyes and dark gray bill. It has distinctive ear tufts and brown mottled upperparts. It is also known as the Ghost Owl, Little Horned Owl, and Cat Owl. Look for this owl while bird watching at dawn or dusk in the forests of San Angelo Nature Center in Texas.

Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Identify this medium-sized sparrow while bird watching from the rufous crown on its gray face as well as its rufous eyeline and black moustache. It also has pink legs and feet. Look for it in the open forests and rocky hillsides of San Angelo Nature Center in Texas, where you will see it searching for insects and seeds.

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Personal experience
http://www.sanangelo.org/goodtimes/outdoors_naturecenter.php
http://identify.whatbird.com
http://www.allaboutbirds.org