Birds Found in Arlington, Texas

•  I took a walk near a pond in Arlington, Texas on March 18th

•  I saw five different birds and used the Merlin app to identify them

Possible Identification: Neotropic Cormorant

Fun Fact: The Neotropic Cormorants’ calls can sounds like a pig’s grunt. In Mexico, sometimes they are called “pato cerdo,” which means “pig

duck!”

Possible Identification: American Coot

Fun Fact: American Coots swim like a duck, but they don’t have webbed feet!

Instead, they have wide “lobes” of skin on each toe.

Possible Identification: Mallard

Fun Fact: Male Mallards can’t quack!

Possible Identification: American Crow

Fun Fact: Crows sometimes make and use tools. Once, a crow was seen using a cup to

carry water!

Possible Identification: Great Egret

Fun Fact: Great Egrets fly around 25 miles per hour