Birding

Birding on Bolivar Peninsula

A Birding Trip On Bolivar The Bolivar Peninsula is world renowned for it's excellent birdwatching areas. There is an Audubon Bird Sanctuary in High Island. During the spring and fall migrations birdwatchers come from all over the world to enjoy the large numbers of birds stopping there to rest and prepare for their journey northward. We've seen blue and painted buntings and a wide variety of warblers. Local birds nest there including mockingbirds, cardinals, and many more. Bolivar Flats On the western end of the peninsula is a wide beach and mud flats where large numbers of waterfowl congregate. There to be photographed or viewed are several species of geese, ducks, grebes, pelicans, bittern, herons, ibis, rails, plovers, killdeer, sandpipers, gulls, terns, snipes and egrets List of Birds of Bolivar Flats Click Audubon Society creates New Bird Sanctuary Click More about Shorebirds & Bolivar Flats Click Anahuac Wildlife Refuge Head north on Highway 124 for about 5 miles to Highway 1985 then turn left for a few miles. There you will find a refuge for many species of water and marsh birds. There are 12 miles of graveled roads that provide excellent opportunities to observe marsh wildlife. Viewing is best in early morning or late in the evening. Nutria and muskrats are some of the common furbearing animals seen here. A successful wildlife management program has been the protection given the American alligator. The threatened alligator population of the 1960s has increased dramatically and is now abundant on the refuge.
Birding - Texas Parks & Wildlife Audubon Texas Birding Guide Anahuac Natural Wildlife Refuge PO Box 278 Anahuac, TX 77514 409-267-3337