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  1. Cillana

    My life list

    January 1, 2023 Anahuac NWR, TX 259. Mottled Duck May 4th, 2023 Cattail Marsh, Beaumont, TX 260. Least Bittern
  2. Cillana

    Your first bird of 2022 ...

    Didn't get up until 9 am. First bird was a Great Egret seen out my kitchen window. That was a surprise. I would have guessed Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, or Wood Duck.
  3. Cillana

    Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas

    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...
  4. Cillana

    Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas

    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...
  5. Cillana

    My life list

    A year later and no new species. However, I have had a good year of sighting previously-seen-but-rarely birds. I'm doing a year list this year: Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas
  6. Cillana

    Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas

    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...
  7. Cillana

    Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas

    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...
  8. Cillana

    Cillana 2021 List - southeast Texas

    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...
  9. Cillana

    My life list

    Finally a new species. :) And I wasn't even birding. Of course I brought my binocs just in case. August 16, 2020 Big Thicket NP, Turkey Creek Unit, Tyler Co. TX 258. Blue Grosbeak Two females seen while we were out looking for wildflowers
  10. Cillana

    Tropical Kingbird? SE Texas fallout April 2016

    Seen April 28, 2016 during fallout trip to SE Texas coast (Jefferson Co.). I had this bird marked down as a Western Kingbird, but looking back at my photos, I think I got it wrong. Someone on Facebook suggested that it was a Tropical Kingbird.
  11. Cillana

    My life list

    May 25, 2019 Gore Store Rd, Hardin Co., TX 257. Prairie Warbler
  12. Cillana

    My life list

    My health was pretty bad in 2018. Didn't get out much. Missed getting a Purple Finch during CBC because I had to turn back to the car because I was feeling sick. :( Here's what I've seen so far in 2019: January 1, 2019 Big Thicket NP, Turkey Creek Unit, Tyler Co, TX 253. American Woodcock...
  13. Cillana

    My life list

    First birding outing this year and got a surprise lifer. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1/4/2017 252. Buff-bellied Hummingbird They had several feeders out on the trails and I briefly saw this hummingbird before it saw me and flew away.
  14. Cillana

    My life list

    Thanks for your interest Fulmar. Unfortunately due to chronic health issues I don't get out as much as I would like. Still hanging out in bed recovering from my long overdue birding trip on Thursday. Couldn't have done it without my mom. She is so awesome. We saw 85 species and I got 13 lifers...
  15. Cillana

    Western Tanager

    I saw one of these beauties in very far east Texas the other day. There is a male hanging out in a patch of mulberry trees in Jefferson County south of Port Arthur. A friend in Tyler County had a female at his feeders a couple years ago. He sent me the photo asking for an ID. Took a while to...
  16. Cillana

    My life list

    I totally forgot about this guy! March 28 at Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve (near Warren, TX) 238. Yellow-throated Warbler We kept hearing both Yellow-throated Vireos and Yellow-throated Warblers and our guide was trying to teach us which song was which. I kept getting totally confused...
  17. Cillana

    My life list

    Very late update! Haven't been on this site in quite a while. Got two new lifers early this year. Heard about a sighting of at least two Vermilion Flycatchers at one of my favorite places to visit in the winter so I HAD to go see them. Got a bonus second lifer during the trip, but didn't manage...
  18. Cillana

    Last 3 ticks whats yours?

    Last three are my only ones so far this year. They were all seen unexpectedly (I wasn't out birding) and locally. 235. Wilson's Phalarope (female) 236. Chuck-will's-Widow 237. White-breasted Nuthatch
  19. Cillana

    My life list

    Thanks! Got another lifer today at (of all the places...) the dentist's office! They had a feeder outside a big picture window and I was watching the birds while waiting. In Huntville, TX: 235. White-breasted Nuthatch
  20. Cillana

    Another Sierra Nevada bird ID

    I'm getting a vireo vibe from this bird. Don't really know my western species though.
  21. Cillana

    two songbirds - nj

    I agree on Chipping Sparrow for the first. Second, maybe a young wren?
  22. Cillana

    Mystery Songbird in east Texas, USA

    Thanks everyone! Yes, we were discussing the possibility of a brown-headed cowbird as well, but were clueless as to why it is yellow!
  23. Cillana

    Mystery Songbird in east Texas, USA

    Mystery bird came back today! Just got these additional photos from him. PS the leaves on the tree are brown because it is stressed due to drought
  24. Cillana

    Mystery Songbird in east Texas, USA

    Posting this for someone else who is not a member. Seen in his backyard near Huntsville, TX. I don't have an exact date but it was seen within the past few days. Any ideas? Thanks
  25. Cillana

    My life list

    Still haven't been able to make a trip any further than Lake Livingston State Park (about 20 min away). But apparently I don't have to leave my hometown to get lifers! Exactly a week ago I got a Wilson's Phalarope just a few blocks down from my house. This evening I was leaving my parents' house...
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