Coastal Birding

-Anous stolidus- Also: Common Noddy A medium sized, tropical, highly pelagic, dark brown tern with grayish-white forehead, black bill and...

- Sterna Antillarum- All terns are distinguished from gulls by pointed wings, bill shape and their feeding technique of plunge-diving...

-Grus americana-The whooping crane, our tallest bird, is native only to North America. Listed as highly endangered, the sole remaining...

-Ardea alba-Tall, extremely slender bird with a long neck, black legs and feet and a thin yellow bill. Carries its...

-Bubulcus ibis- One of Nature's winners, the cattle egret is one of the few birds that I have encountered everywhere...

Yellow bill with a complete black band encircling it mid-length. Yellow legs and feet. Breeds on prairies and lakes of...

Exclusively coastal from Cape Cod to Chile. Found on beaches and shell bars where it feeds on mollusks, crabs and...

Also known as fish hawk. Dark brown above, white below, with a white head and a prominent dark eye stripe....

Crown and nape are black; black wedge extends below eye, forming a distinctive helmet. Highly migratory; abundance in our area...

A common sight on beach fronts nowadays but it has not always been so. In 1978 Texas' entire brown pelican...