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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
- LOONS
Common Loon
- GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
- PELICANS
American White Pelican
- CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
- DARTERS
Anhinga
- 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
White Ibis
- STORKS
Wood Stork
- 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
Sandhill Crane
- PLOVERS & LAPWINGS
Killdeer
- 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
Barn Owl
- TYPICAL OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
- GOATSUCKERS
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's -widow
Whip-poor-will
- SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
- 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
- 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
Brown Creeper
- 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
American Pipit
- WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
- SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
- STARLINGS & ALLIES
European Starling
- 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
House Sparrow
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