Well, after a fairly eventful 2013 of birding where I spent the beginning of the year in WA before heading back to my home state of IN for a few months until I got a job at APC NWR in TX, I figured I'd make one of these lists to better document my sightings; here's to hoping I can get out to some good birding spots located elsewhere in TX!
3 January 2014, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
1. Northern Cardinal
2. Tufted Titmouse
3. Carolina Chickadee
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. European Starling
6. Savannah Sparrow
7. House Wren
8. Lincoln's Sparrow
9. Northern Mockingbird
10. Loggerhead Shrike
11. Carolina Wren
12. Sedge Wren
13. Northern Bobwhite
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Peregrine Falcon (!)
16. American Coot
17. Common Gallinule
18. Blue-winged Teal
19. Ruddy Duck
20. Vesper Sparrow
21. Brewer's Blackbird
22. Red-Winged Blackbird
23. American Pipit
24. Greater (Attwater's) Prairie-chicken
25. Eastern Meadowlark
26. White-crowned Sparrow
27. Field Sparrow
28. Sprague's Pipit
29. American Crow
30. Greater Yellowlegs
31. Killdeer
32. Wilson's Snipe
33. Northern Harrier
34. Great Blue Heron
35. Great Egret
36. American Bittern
37. Red-tailed Hawk
38. Black Vulture
39. Turkey Vulture
40. White-tailed Hawk
41. Northern Pintail
42. Mallard
43. Mottled Duck
44. Pied-billed Grebe
45. Northern Shoveler
46. White-tailed Kite (!)
47. American Kestrel
48. White Ibis
49. Lesser Yellowlegs
50. Brown-headed Cowbird
51. Snow Goose
52. Greater White-fronted Goose
53. Crested Caracara
54. Mourning Dove
55. Great-horned Owl
56. Red-bellied Woodpecker
57. Downy Woodpecker
58. Eastern Phoebe
59. Gadwall
3 January 2014, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
1. Northern Cardinal
2. Tufted Titmouse
3. Carolina Chickadee
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. European Starling
6. Savannah Sparrow
7. House Wren
8. Lincoln's Sparrow
9. Northern Mockingbird
10. Loggerhead Shrike
11. Carolina Wren
12. Sedge Wren
13. Northern Bobwhite
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Peregrine Falcon (!)
16. American Coot
17. Common Gallinule
18. Blue-winged Teal
19. Ruddy Duck
20. Vesper Sparrow
21. Brewer's Blackbird
22. Red-Winged Blackbird
23. American Pipit
24. Greater (Attwater's) Prairie-chicken
25. Eastern Meadowlark
26. White-crowned Sparrow
27. Field Sparrow
28. Sprague's Pipit
29. American Crow
30. Greater Yellowlegs
31. Killdeer
32. Wilson's Snipe
33. Northern Harrier
34. Great Blue Heron
35. Great Egret
36. American Bittern
37. Red-tailed Hawk
38. Black Vulture
39. Turkey Vulture
40. White-tailed Hawk
41. Northern Pintail
42. Mallard
43. Mottled Duck
44. Pied-billed Grebe
45. Northern Shoveler
46. White-tailed Kite (!)
47. American Kestrel
48. White Ibis
49. Lesser Yellowlegs
50. Brown-headed Cowbird
51. Snow Goose
52. Greater White-fronted Goose
53. Crested Caracara
54. Mourning Dove
55. Great-horned Owl
56. Red-bellied Woodpecker
57. Downy Woodpecker
58. Eastern Phoebe
59. Gadwall
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