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Here’s the quarterly update to the “Big as Texas eBird Counties” spreadsheet for Winter 2024 – 2025:

Highlights and notes from September to late November.

Added to the Texas list this quarter. 

Review Species added to counties for the quarter.

    1. Red-necked Grebe: Brown – https://ebird.org/checklist/S210808967
    2. Gray Gull: Cameron – https://ebird.org/checklist/S210041628
    3. Nutting’s Flycatcher: El Paso – https://ebird.org/checklist/S202723772
    4. Berylline Hummingbird: El Paso – https://ebird.org/checklist/S202269775 (different location than currently seen bird)
    5. Rufous-backed Robin: Kimble – https://ebird.org/checklist/S212678639
    6. Kelp Gull: Nueces – https://ebird.org/checklist/S206698125
    7. Varied Thrush: Presidio – https://ebird.org/checklist/S207761978
    8. Western Flycatcher: Refugio – https://ebird.org/checklist/S205188889
    9. Vega Gull: Tarrant (historical – 2003) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S19504377
    10. Greater Pewee: Webb – https://ebird.org/checklist/S206199022
    11. Snail Kite: Webb – https://ebird.org/checklist/S206146822
    12. Black-vented Oriole: Webb (April 2023) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S210978137
    13. Rufous-backed Robin: Winkler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S210932917

“Way out of range” county records:

    1. Brazoria: Mountain Bluebird – https://ebird.org/checklist/S212715648
    2. Cameron: Grace’s Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S207083736
    3. Chambers: White-throated Swift (historic 2011) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S205423273
    4. Chambers: Mountain Plover (historic 2019) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S163950162
    5. Crane: Pine Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S204701259
    6. Denton: Black-throated Gray Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S206781695
    7. Denton: Scott’s Oriole – https://ebird.org/checklist/S205625267
    8. Duval: Common Black Hawk (this wasn’t too far out of range, but maybe for the season it was, and there was no mention of ruling out Harris Hawk in the description) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S214103152
    9. Garza: Red-bellied Woodpecker – https://ebird.org/checklist/S211016121
    10. Gray: Pine Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S200585532
    11. Gray: Violet-green Swallow (Aug-2024) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S191361547
    12. Hays: Cassin’s Kingbird – https://ebird.org/checklist/S209839536
    13. Hays: Western Flycatcher – https://ebird.org/checklist/S205519686
    14. Hill: California Gull – https://ebird.org/checklist/S207378430
    15. Jackson: Cassin’s Kingbird – https://ebird.org/checklist/S213670076
    16. Jefferson: Green Jay – https://ebird.org/checklist/S209776270
    17. Jim Wells: Sage Thrasher – https://ebird.org/checklist/S211493796
    18. Kenedy: Common Raven – https://ebird.org/checklist/S132843615
    19. San Saba: Black-throated Gray Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S207208800
    20. Sutton: Pine Warbler – https://ebird.org/checklist/S214175678
    21. Tarrant: Masked Booby (historical – 2020) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S71694979
    22. Tom Green: Allen’s Hummingbird – https://ebird.org/checklist/S209940685
    23. Tom Green: Purple Finch – https://ebird.org/checklist/S204629327
    24. Walker: Royal Tern – https://ebird.org/checklist/S204461023
    25. Waller: Zone-tailed Hawk – https://ebird.org/checklist/S207501134
    26. Webb: Rose-throated Becard (after recently being removed from the review list this may not be considered “way out of range” but I included it nonetheless) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S205992081
  • Anna’s Hummingbird this quarter was added to multiple counties: Denton, Gonzales, Jim Wells
  • Sage Thrasher this quarter was added to multiple counties: Callahan, Gillespie, Jim Wells, King,
  • Limpkin this quarter was added to: Jackson, McMullen
  • David Wolf added 5 new historical records for Nacogdoches Co. & 10 new historical records for San Augustine Co.
  • Species needed for just one county:
    1. Mallard: Medina
    2. Western Kingbird: Shelby
    3. Cedar Waxwing: Loving
    4. American Pipit: Hall
    5. Lark Sparrow: Newton
    6. Vesper Sparrow: Sabine
    7. Orchard Oriole: Castro
    8. Nashville Warbler: Moore
    9. Wilson’s Warbler: Franklin

  • Jefferson and Lubbock Counties reach 400 sp.
  • For the quarter (last 3 months) eBirders added 146 total county ticks starting at 73732 & ending at 73878. 164 was added the winter of 23-24.

 

Safe county birding! 

I keep track of Big Days. So if your random spring birding day is pretty big, well maybe it will make it on the list on our Texas Century Club County Big Days page.

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