Coastal Birding

Sanderling

-Calidris alba-Most common small shorebird of North American beaches. Long distance migrant, breeds in Arctic regions. Lightest in coloration of...

Northern Gannet

-Morus bassanus- Large, white seabird with long, black-tipped wings and a pointed white tail. Juveniles are dark brown.  Breeds in...

Wilson’s Plover

-Charadrius Wilsonia- The general coloration of the Wilson's Plover is that of wet sand above and mostly white below. Pointed...

Forster's Tern

-Sterna Forsteri- The Forster's Tern is present in Texas year-round and a common colonial nester. Breeding adult is snow white...

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

-Nyctanassa Violacea-Black head with white crown, crest and cheek patches, body is gray. Stout billed, chunky and long-necked, nocturnal. Feeds...

Black-necked Stilt

-Himantopus Mexicanus-Slim wading bird, very delicate in appearance, with strikingly long red legs and a needle like bill. Black above...

Tricolored Heron

-Egretta tricolor-White and rufous line down neck onto chest and wings. Slate gray on head, neck, wings, back and tail...

Wood Stork

-Mycteria Americana-White with much black in wing and with dark-colored, naked head. Long, thick, decurved bill. Found in marshes, lagoons,...

Green Heron

-Butorides virescens-Colorful, small and stocky bird with relatively long, straight bill. Captures fish along wooded steams, ponds, swamps and marshes. ...

White Ibis

-Eudocimus Albus- Locally abundant in coastal salt marshes, swamps and mangrove thickets. White plumage with black tips on primaries which...

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