Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas (1 Viewer)

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I haven't done a year list in a while. At the beginning of this year I thought "Sure, why not?" I'm not restricting the list to sightings in southeast Texas. I just don't plan to go anywhere else this year. I live in Tyler County, TX. Our property is lakefront so I get a lot of water loving birds. The lake is very shallow in places with lots of islands. It's great for canoeing. Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve is near my house and on the same lake. I'm going to use "Watson" for short here. I also sometimes pull over on the side of the road on the earthen part of the lake dam to look for birds. I don't stop on the bridge over the spillway of course.

1. Carolina Wren - my yard - Jan 1st
2. American Crow - my yard - Jan 1st
3. Swamp Sparrow - my yard - Jan 1st
4. Northern Cardinal - my yard - Jan 1st
5. Ring-necked Duck - my yard - Jan 2nd
6. Song Sparrow - Watson - Jan 2nd
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Watson - Jan 2nd
8. Turkey Vulture - Watson - Jan 2nd
9. Carolina Chickadee - my yard - Jan 2nd
10. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - my yard - Jan 4th
11. Red-bellied Woodpecker - my yard - Jan 5th
12. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - my yard - Jan 5th
13. Great Egret - my yard - Jan 5th
14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - my yard - Jan 14th
15. Orange-crowned Warbler - my yard - Jan 14th
16. Great Blue Heron - my yard - Jan 19th
17. Brown Thrasher - my yard - Jan 21st
18. Wood Duck - dam - Jan 27th
19. Killdeer - dam - Jan 27th
20. Mallard (domestic) - my yard - Jan 30th
21. Downy Woodpecker - my yard - Jan 30th
22. American Robin - my yard - Jan 30th

 

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23. Pied-billed Grebe - my yard - Feb 2nd​

24. Inca Dove - my yard - Feb 5th​

25. Eastern Phoebe - my yard - Feb 5th​

26. American Goldfinch - my yard - Feb 5th​

27. Pine Warbler - my yard - Feb 6th​

28. Northern Mockingbird - my yard - Feb 11th​

29. Eastern Bluebird - my yard - Feb 14th​

30. Hermit Thrush - my yard - Feb 14th​

31. Blue Jay - my yard - Feb 15th​

32. Blue-winged Teal - my yard - Feb 16th​

33. American Pipit - Watson - Feb 16th​

34. Wilson's Snipe - Watson - Feb 16th​

35. Red-shouldered Hawk - Watson - Feb 16th​

36. Tufted Titmouse - my yard - Feb 24th​

37. Black Vulture - my yard - Feb 25th​

38. Great Horned Owl - my yard - Mar 3rd​

39. Eurasian Collard Dove - my yard - Mar 6th​

40. Purple Martin - my yard - Mar 10th​

41. Common Grackle - Warren, TX - Mar 16th​

42. Blue-headed Vireo - my yard - Mar 16th​

43. Anhinga - my yard - Mar 17th​

44. Northern Harrier - Moss Hill, TX - Mar 23rd​

45. Red-tailed Hawk - Cleveland, TX - Mar 23rd​

46. Belted Kingfisher - my yard - Mar 28th​

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47. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - my yard - April 1st
48. Bald Eagle* - my yard - April 7th
49. White-eyed Vireo - my yard - April 7th
50. Orchard Oriole - my yard - April 10th
51. Mourning Dove - my yard - April 14th
52. Little Blue Heron - my yard - April 14th
53. Green Heron - my yard - April 14th
54. Red-winged Blackbird - my yard - April 14th
55. White Ibis - my yard - April 14th
56. Eastern Kingbird - my yard - April 14th
57. Mississippi Kite - my yard - April 18th
58. Baltimore Oriole - my yard - April 18th
59. Indigo Bunting - my yard - April 18th
60. Painted Bunting - my yard - April 18th
61. Blue Grosbeak - my yard - April 18th
62. Chestnut-sided Warbler** - my yard - April 29th
63. Barn Swallow - my yard - April 29th
64. Prothonotary Warbler - my yard - April 29th
65. Great Crested Flycatcher - my yard - April 29th

*The Bald Eagle was on the other side of the lake. I didn't notice there was a second eagle above it until I blew up the photo to crop it a few minutes ago.
**This was only the 2nd time I've seen a Chestnut-sided Warbler. My lifer was April 28, 2016, almost exactly 5 years earlier.

 

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66. Snowy Egret - my yard - May 6th
67. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - my yard - May 6th
68. Common Nighthawk - my yard - May 7th
69. Swallow-tailed Kite - entrance to my subdivision - June 16th
70. Cattle Egret - Cleveland, TX - June 16th
71. Cliff Swallow - Cleveland, TX - June 16th
72. House Sparrow - Humble, TX - June 16th
73. Great-tailed Grackle - Beaumont, TX - June 18th
74. Rock Pigeon - Beaumont, TX - June 18th
75. Pileated Woodpecker - my yard - June 19th
76. Yellow-throated Vireo - my yard - June 22nd
77. Hooded Warbler - my yard - June 22nd
78. Wood Stork - Lumberton, TX - June 29th
79. Fish Crow - Lumberton, TX - June 29th
80. Laughing Gull - Lake Charles, LA* - July 10th

*Oh look, I actually left Texas this year. I went to visit my aunt.

 

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Had just a few more in 2021. Didn't get photos of any of these.

81. Cooper's Hawk - my yard - September 8th
82. Osprey - Cleveland, TX - September 21st
83. Golden-crowned Kinglet - my yard - October 31st

Strangely I didn't see a catbird in 2021. I saw them quite frequently in my yard in 2019 and 2020.