jremmons 2014 List (1 Viewer)

Well, after a fairly eventful 2013 of birding where I spent the beginning of the year in WA before heading back to my home state of IN for a few months until I got a job at APC NWR in TX, I figured I'd make one of these lists to better document my sightings; here's to hoping I can get out to some good birding spots located elsewhere in TX!

3 January 2014, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

1. Northern Cardinal
2. Tufted Titmouse
3. Carolina Chickadee
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. European Starling
6. Savannah Sparrow
7. House Wren
8. Lincoln's Sparrow
9. Northern Mockingbird
10. Loggerhead Shrike
11. Carolina Wren
12. Sedge Wren
13. Northern Bobwhite
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Peregrine Falcon (!)
16. American Coot
17. Common Gallinule
18. Blue-winged Teal
19. Ruddy Duck
20. Vesper Sparrow
21. Brewer's Blackbird
22. Red-Winged Blackbird
23. American Pipit
24. Greater (Attwater's) Prairie-chicken
25. Eastern Meadowlark
26. White-crowned Sparrow
27. Field Sparrow
28. Sprague's Pipit
29. American Crow
30. Greater Yellowlegs
31. Killdeer
32. Wilson's Snipe
33. Northern Harrier
34. Great Blue Heron
35. Great Egret
36. American Bittern
37. Red-tailed Hawk
38. Black Vulture
39. Turkey Vulture
40. White-tailed Hawk
41. Northern Pintail
42. Mallard
43. Mottled Duck
44. Pied-billed Grebe
45. Northern Shoveler
46. White-tailed Kite (!)
47. American Kestrel
48. White Ibis
49. Lesser Yellowlegs
50. Brown-headed Cowbird
51. Snow Goose
52. Greater White-fronted Goose
53. Crested Caracara
54. Mourning Dove
55. Great-horned Owl
56. Red-bellied Woodpecker
57. Downy Woodpecker
58. Eastern Phoebe
59. Gadwall

I went out for a quick 2 hour stroll this morning through the portion of the Refuge recently opened to the public and picked up a few new birds for the list. I'm still missing out on some easy ones!

4 January 2014, APC NWR
60. Short-eared Owl
61. American Robin
62. Double-crested Cormorant
63. Swamp Sparrow
64. Song Sparrow
65. Common Yellowthroat
66. Pine Warbler (!)
67. Ring-necked Duck
68. Sandhill Crane

Just a few birds spotted doing other random Refuge tasks; easy ones I'm still missingGrasshopper, Harris, and White-throated Sparrows, Ferruginous Hawk, American Wigeon, Orange-crowned Warbler.

6 January 2014, APC NWR
69. Least Sandpiper
70. Dunlin
71. Rusty Blackbird (!)
72. Blue Jay
73. Marsh Wren
74. Green-winged Teal
75. Cooper's Hawk
76. Cackling Goose (!)
77. Long-billed Dowitcher
78. Great-tailed Grackle
79. LeConte's Sparrow

I picked up a few new species driving throughout Eagle Lake, TX during our annual eagle survey.

10 January 2014, Eagle Lake
80. White-faced Ibis
81. Eurasian Collared-dove
82. Red-shouldered Hawk
83. House Sparrow
84. Bald Eagle
85. Rock Pigeon
86. Belted Kingfisher
87. American Goldfinch

12 January 2014 APCNWR
88. White-winged Dove
89. Cedar Waxwing
90. Palm Warbler
91. Ross' Goose
92. Lesser Scaup

13 January 2014 APCNWR
93. Sharp-shinned Hawk

16 January 2014 APCNWR
94. Anhinga
95. Orange-crowned Warbler
96. Chipping Sparrow
97. Prairie Falcon

19 January 2014 APCNWR
98. Piliated Woodpecker

Ugh, still have yet to break that dreaded 100 mark. I headed down about a mile from the Refuge to see if I could find the apparently overwintering flock of Lapland Longspurs, but no such luck, nor any good views of new waterfowl sadly. The list still grows, but slower than I'd like; hopefully once I get some car repairs done within the next week, I can head out to Brazos Bend SP, the Galveston/Bolivar area, or Anahauc NWR.

24 January 2014, Beal Road
99. Black-necked Stilt

GLORIOUS REDEMPTION OF 100+ BIRDS!

24 JANUARY 2014, APCNWR
100. Grasshopper Sparrow
101. Harris's Sparrow

26 January 2014, APCNWR
102. Blue-headed Vireo

27 January 2014, APCNWR
103. Merlin (Prairie Form)

28 January 2014, APCNWR
104. Dark-eyed Junco
105. Stilt Sandpiper

31 January 2014, APCNWR
106. Northern Flicker
107. Cave Swallow

3 Feb 2014, Spallinger Road
108. American White Pelican

5 Feb 2014, APCNWR
109. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

15 February 2014, Surfside and Quintana beaches, TX
110. Osprey
111. Brown Pelican
112. Sanderling
113. Willet
114. Laughing Gull
115. Ring-billed Gull
116. Roseate Spoonbill
117. Boat-tailed Grackle
118. Tricolored Heron
119. Herring Gull
120. Long-billed Curlew
121. Neotropical Cormorant
122. Ruddy Turnstone
123. Snowy Egret
124. Reddish Egret
125. Royal Tern
126. Yellow-crowned Night-heron
127. American Oystercatcher
128. Forster's Tern
129. Caspian Tern

16 February 2014, APCNWR
130. Purple Martin

21 February 2014, APCNWR
131. White-eyed Vireo