Between December 17, 2011 and January 6, 2012, we saw exactly 200 species of birds within the state of Texas. Areas where we birded included the Mercer Arboretum, Spring (n. side of Houston), Shiro (between Huntsville and College Station), Sam Houston National Forest, Lake Conroe, Highlands Reservoir, Anahuac NWR, High Island/Bolivar Peninsula, Highways 59 and 77 between Houston and Harlingen, South Padre Island, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Frontera Audubon Thicket, Brooks Co. rest area, Junction, and South Llano River State Park. I had 5 lifers (new species): Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Smith's Longspur, Common Pauraque, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Golden-crowned Warbler. Below is the full list of the 200 species we saw:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Least Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Northern Harrier
White-tailed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Crested Caracara
Merlin
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Plain Chachalaca
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Clapper Rail
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Forster’s Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Rock Pigeon
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Common Pauraque
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern “Yellow-shafted” Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Great Kiskadee
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Green Jay
Common Raven
Chihuahuan Raven
American Crow
Cave Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-crested Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Verdin
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped “Myrtle” Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Golden-crowned Warbler
Summer Tanager
Pyrrhuloxia
Northern Cardinal
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed “Slate-colored” Junco
Smith’s Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Altamira Oriole
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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