The
Texas Hill Country offers a diverse set of ecosystems and a vast array
of plants and wildlife. The Pro-Tour 2006 takes place in the following
counties of the Hill Country of central Texas: Bandera, Bexar, Blanco,
Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney,
Llano, Mason, Medina, Real, Travis, Uvalde, and Williamson. This list
features many of the species of wildlife in central and northern Texas;
it is not meant to be all-inclusive. Not all properties will contain all
species.
Birds
(259 Total, 39 Common)
Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Mallard, Gadwall, Canada Goose, Cooper's
Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite,
American Coot, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, White-winged
Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher,
Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Loggerhead
Shrike, American Crow, Horned Lark, Bewick's Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Black-crested
Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling,
Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Lark Bunting,
Dark-eyed Junco, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged
Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Western Meadowlark, American Goldfinch,
House Finch, House Sparrow
Butterflies
(104 Total, 25 Common)
Pipevine Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail, Orange Sulphur, Sleepy Orange,
Cabbage White, Checkered White, Marine Blue, Great Purple Hairstreak,
Gray Hairstreak, Hackberry Emperor, Queen, Monarch, Variegated Fritillary,
Gulf Fritillary, Common Buckeye, American Snout, Red Satyr, Mourning Cloak,
Texas Crescent, Phaon Crescent, Pearl Crescent, Question Mark, Red Admiral,
Painted Lady, American Lady, Sachem, Fiery Skipper, Orange Skipperling,
Common Sootywing
Mammals
(60 Total, 49 Common)
Collared Peccary (Javelina), White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Common Gray
Fox, Red Fox, Ringtail, Common Raccoon, Striped Skunk, Virginia Opossum,
Least Shrew, Desert Shrew, Eastern Mole, Red Bat, Hoary Bat, California
Myotis, Cave Myotis, Evening Bat, Western Pipistrelle, Big Free-tailed
Bat, Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Nine-banded Armadillo, Black-tailed Jackrabbit,
Desert Cottontail, Eastern Cottontail, Eastern Fox Squirrel, Mexican Ground
Squirrel, Spotted Ground Squirrel, Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel, Rock
Squirrel, Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher, Silky Pocket Mouse, American Beaver,
Woodland Vole, House Mouse, White-throated Woodrat, Southern Plains Woodrat,
Northern Grasshopper Mouse, White-footed Mouse, Deer Mouse, Norway Rat,
Black Rat, Fulvous Harvest Mouse, Hispid Cotton Rat, Nutria
Reptiles
& Amphibians (95 Total,
46 Common)
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Cottonmouth, Broad-banded Copperhead,
Texas Coral Snake, Bullsnake, Western Coachwhip, Great Plains Rat Snake,
Texas Rat Snake, Common Kingsnake, Plain-bellied Water Snake, Diamondback
Water Snake, Blotched Water Snake, Checkered Garter Snake, Redstripe Ribbon
Snake, Western Mexican Milk Snake, Texas Longnose Snake, Texas Night Snake,
Tiger Salamander, Great Plains Toad, Green Toad, Red-spotted Toad, Texas
Toad, Woodhouse's Toad, Northern Cricket Frog, Green Treefrog, Gray Treefrog,
Spotted Chorus Frog, Barking Frog, American Bullfrog, Great
Plains Narrowmouth Toad, Snapping Turtle, Yellow Mud Turtle, Common Musk
Turtle, False Map Turtle, Three-toed Box Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle, Red-eared
Slider, Texas Banded Gecko, Mediterranean Gecko, Keeled Earless Lizard,
Texas Horned Lizard, Canyon Lizard, Texas Spiny Lizard, Blue Spiny Lizard,
Eastern Fence Lizard, Rosebelly Lizard, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Eastern
Tree Lizard, Green Anole, Racer
For
a complete visual guide to central Texas Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
& Amphibians, Insects & Arachnids, Trees and Wildflowers, visit
eNature.com (Input the zip
code as: 78295)
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