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Kimble County
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birDinG Eared Grebe (winter) Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Pied-billed Grebe (winter)
Cliff Swallow
Double-crested Cormorant
Cave Swallow
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Carolina Chickadee
Green Heron Barn Swallow
Black-crested Titmouse
Wood Duck Verdin
Green-winged Teal (winter) Bushtit
Blue-winged Teal (migrant) Cactus Wren
Throughout the year, Junction boasts Northern Shoveler (winter) Canyon Wren
several hundred different species of Gadwall (winter) Rock Wren
American Wigeon (winter)
birds. Whether you are an experienced Ring-necked Duck (winter) Carolina Wren
birder or an admirer of nature, you will Lesser Scaup (winter) Bewick’s Wren
likely notice the beautiful variety of Ruddy Duck (migrant) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (winter)
winged creatures. Black Vulture Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
The area’s rivers and numerous Turkey Vulture
streams, as well as its biological diver- Sharp-shinned Hawk American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
sity, make Kimble County and Junction Red-shouldered Hawk European Starling
an excellent area for bird-watching. Red-tailed Hawk Cedar Waxwing (winter)
Locations are now listed on the American Kestrel (winter) Yellow-rumped Warbler (winter)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Wild Turkey Black-and-White Warbler
Northern Bobwhite
Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail West. Killdeer Wilson’s Warbler
Among the favored spots on the Trail’s Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-breasted Chat
Llano Loop are the Junction Waste- Various “peep” sandpipers Summer Tanager
water Treatment Ponds, City Park, (migrant) Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Texas Tech University at Junction (with Rock Dove Cassin’s Sparrow
advanced permission), the South Llano White-winged Dove Chipping Sparrow
River State Park and the adjoining Wal- Mourning Dove Clay-colored Sparrow (migrant)
ter Buck Wildlife Management Area. Inca Dove Field Sparrow
Just five miles outside of Junction off Yellow-billed Cuckoo Lark Sparrow
Highway 377, South Llano River State Greater Roadrunner Black-throated Sparrow
Great Horned Owl
Savannah Sparrow (migrant)
Park offers several high quality wildlife Common Nighthawk Song Sparrow (winter)
observation blinds. The maintained Common Poorwill Lincoln’s Sparrow (winter)
river habitat and feeding schedules Chuck-will’s-widow White-crowned Sparrow
assure that visitors don’t have to be Barbara Barnes Chimney Swift (winter)
seasoned birders to spot and enjoy the Black-chinned Hummingbird Dark-eyed Junco (winter)
array of birds inhabiting the area. Belted Kingfisher Northern Cardinal
Green Kingfisher Pyrrhuloxia
Ringed Kingfisher Blue Grosbeak
Robert Stubblefield Ladder-backed Woodpecker Painted Bunting
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Indigo Bunting
Downy Woodpecker (occasional)
Rufous-sided Towhee
Northern Flicker (winter)
Canyon Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-winged Blackbird
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Meadowlark (winter)
Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Meadowlark
Western Kingbird Yellow-headed Blackbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (migrant)
Loggerhead Shrike (winter) Great-tailed Grackle
White-eyed Vireo Common Grackle
Bell’s Vireo Bronzed Cowbird
Black-capped Vireo Brown-headed Cowbird
Yellow-throated Vireo Orchard Oriole
Red-eyed Vireo Scott’s Oriole
Blue Jay House Finch
Scrub Jay Pine Siskin (winter)
Common Raven Lesser Goldfinch
Purple Martin House Sparrow
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