The Salineño Bird Refuge (aka USFWS Kepler Tract) is some land next to the Rio Grande River a few miles from Falcon Dam and Falcon State Park. It belonged to some birders and was left to the government to be kept as a birding refuge that birders could visit. It is a place you can go to see three different orioles in one place.
Above, a great kiskadee and green jay enjoy some peanut butter.
Altamira oriole
Male hooded oriole (top) and female hooded oriole (lower).
Audubon’s oriole
Ladderbacked woodpecker
Thrasher
Ladderbacked woodpecker
Unfortunately inner Falcon State Park, away from the water, is overrun with mockingbirds that chase away a lot of the other birds. There are flocks of pyrrhuloxia. Have seen some roadrunners and quail, but they are pretty elusive.
Below, view towards Mexico at sunset.
