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Birds of Newton County

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~

  • LOONS
    • Common Loon
  • GREBESPied-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 & LAPWINGSKilldeer
  • 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, & ANISBlack-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& ALLIESRed-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
  • SWALLOWSPurple Martin
    • Tree Swallow
    • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
    • Bank Swallow
    • Cliff Swallow
    • Barn Swallow
  • JAYS, MAGPIES, & CROWS
    • Blue Jay
    • American Crow
    • Fish Crow
  • TITMICECarolina 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
  • THRUSHESEastern Bluebird
    • Veery
    • Gray-cheeked Thrush
    • Swainson’s Thrush
    • Hermit Thrush
    • Wood Thrush
    • American Robin
  • MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, & ALLIESGray 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-WARBLERSBluewinged 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, & CARDINALSSlmmer 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 & ORIOLESRed-winged Blackbird
    • Eastern Meadowlark
    • Brewer’s Blackbird
    • Common Grackle
    • Brown-headed Cowbird
    • Orchard Oriole
    • Northern Oriole
  • FINCHES & ALLIESPurple Finch
    • House Finch
    • Red Crossbill
    • Pine Siskin
    • American Goldfinch
  • OLD WORLD SPARROWS
    • House Sparrow

Visit Toledo Bend Gallery for more bird pictures and nature photos from the Toledo Bend Lake area.