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Birds of Newton County
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Newton County is located in the Big Thicket
of Deep East Texas. Normal rainfall is among
the highest in Texas. The county is heavily
forested with the Sabine River on the east
and Toledo Bend Reservoir on the north. Over
220 species of birds call Newton County home
at some time during the year. The main birding
times are spring migration through early
smmer and in the winter.
For a comprehensive Toledo Bend Lake Area
Birding Checklist - CLICK
HERE In addition to the checklist, there
are links to pictures of many of the birds
on the Webmaster's Gallery including many
in-flight shots and sequences and lots more!
The Webmaster's Gallery includes some excellent
shots of birds from around Toledo Bend Lake
- especially the Bald
Eagles - Osprey
catching White Bass - and shots of a Hawk's
nest with the young, visit the Toledo
Bend Gallery at Toledo-Bend.US
Your Birdwatching
Checklist for Newton County
compiled
by Buddy Hollis, Naturalist
~Click on any
image for enalrgement~
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- LOONS
- GREBES
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- PELICANS
- CORMORANTS
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Neotropic Cormorant
- DARTERS
- BITTERNS & HERONS
- American Bittern
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Green Egret
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- IBISES & SPOONBILLS
- STORKS
- SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS
- Greater White-fronted
Goose
- Snow Goose
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- Green-winged Teal
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Redhead
- American Wigeon
- Canvasback
- Ring-necked Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Common Goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Hooded Merganser
- Red-breasted Maganser
- Ruddy Duck
- AMERICAN VULTURES
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, & ALLIES
- Osprey
- American Swallow-tailed
Kite
- Mississippi Kite
- Bald Eagle
- Northem Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- CARACARAS & FALCONS
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Peregrine Falcon
- PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, & QUAIL
- Wild Turkey
- Northern Bobwhite
- RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS
- Purple Gallinule
- Common Morrhen
- American Coot
- CRANES
- PLOVERS & LAPWINGS
- SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, & ALLIES
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellownegs
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Shortlbilled Dowitcher
- Longbilled Dowitcher
- Common Snipe
- American Woodcock
- SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS
- Laughing Full
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Royal Tern
- Forster's Tern
- PIGEONS & DOVES
- Rock Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Inca Dove
- CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, & ANIS
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Greater Roadrunner
- BARN OWLS
- TYPICAL OWLS
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- GOATSUCKERS
- Common Nighthawk
- Chuck-will's -widow
- Whip-poor-will
- SWIFTS
- HUMMINGBIRDS
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- KINGFISHERS
- WOODPECKERS& ALLIES
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woobpecker
- Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
- Olivesided Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatche
- Willow Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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- SWALLOWS
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged
Swallow
- Bank Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- JAYS, MAGPIES, & CROWS
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- TITMICE
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- NUTHATCHERS
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown-breasted Nuthatch
- CREEPERS
- WRENS
- Carolina Wren
- House Wren
- Winter Wren
- Sedge Wren
- Marsh Wren
- OLD WORLD WARBLERS
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- THRUSHES
- Eastern Bluebird
- Veery
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Wood Thrush
- American Robin
- MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, & ALLIES
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
- WAGTAILS & PIPITS
- WAXWINGS
- SHRIKES
- STARLINGS & ALLIES
- VIREOS
- White-eyed Vireo
- Solitary Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- WOOD-WARBLERS
- Bluewinged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Tennessee Warber
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Black-throated Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Cerulean Warbler
- Black-and-White Warbler
- American Redstart
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Swainson's Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Kentucky Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS, & CARDINALS
- Slmmer Tanager
- Scarlet Tanager
- Northern Cardinal
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Blue Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Painted Bunting
- Dickcissel
- SPARROW, TOWHEE, JUNCO, & ALLIES
- Rufous-sided Towhee
- Bachman'sSparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- LeConte's Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Harris's Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Northern Oriole
- FINCHES & ALLIES
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- Red Crossbill
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- OLD WORLD SPARROWS
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