Texas Spring Migration 2012
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April 15 - Anahuac NWR
April 16 - High Island
April 17 - Bolivar Peninsula
April 18 - Big Thicket
April 19 - High Island
April 20 - Austin
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Here's a complete bird list for the trip. This is the first sighting for each species seen. A total of 211 species.

Name Genus Species County Date Location
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
American Wigeon Anas americana Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Travis 4/20/12 Austin Area
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Northern Pintail Anas acuta Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Redhead Aythya americana Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Greater Scaup Aythya marila Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Great Egret Ardea alba Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Snowy Egret Egretta thula Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Green Heron Butorides virescens Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
White Ibis Eudocimus albus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Osprey Pandion haliaetus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Chambers 4/18/12 Anahuac NWR
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Chambers 4/18/12 Big Thicket
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
King Rail Rallus elegans Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Sora Porzana carolina Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Chambers 4/16/12 Renamed Common Moorhen
American Coot Fulica americana Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Willet Tringa semipalmata Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Red Knot Calidris canutus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Sanderling Calidris alba Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Dunlin Calidris alpina Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Herring Gull Larus argentatus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Least Tern Sternula antillarum Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Black Tern Chlidonias niger Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Rock Pigeon Columba livia Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Inca Dove Columbina inca Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Barn Owl Tyto alba Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
American Kestrel Falco sparverius Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Merlin Falco columbarius Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket / Angelina NF
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Purple Martin Progne subis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Veery Catharus fuscescens Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Chambers 4/16/12 Anahuac NWR
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Chambers 4/19/12 Smith Oaks
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Northern Parula Setophaga americana Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket
Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Angelina 4/18/12 Big Thicket
Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia Chambers 4/20/12 Austin Area
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Jefferson 4/18/12 Sabine Woods
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
Dickcissel Spiza americana Chambers 4/17/12 Anahuac NWR
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Chambers 4/19/12 Bolivar Peninsula
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Chambers 4/15/12 Anahuac NWR
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods
House Sparrow Passer domesticus Chambers 4/16/12 Smith Oaks/Boy Scout Woods