Birds of Galveston & the Upper Texas Coast

The birds people come here for

Roseate SpoonbillPink wading birds on the bay flats; year-round.

Reddish EgretThe dancing heron of the flats; year-round on the coast.

American AvocetBig flocks at Bolivar Flats in fall and winter.

Black SkimmerSkimming the shallows at dusk; nests on the beaches in summer.

Piping PloverThreatened winter visitor on Bolivar Flats.

Royal TernThe big orange-billed tern on every Gulf beach; year-round.

All the birds photographed here

Gulls & Terns 2

Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus

Pigeons and Doves 1

Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina

Seabirds 1

Brown BoobySula leucogaster

Shorebirds 3

American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaAmerican OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRuddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres

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Also regularly found here

Birds Bryan regularly finds in Galveston on tours — photos from here coming as they’re posted:

• Clapper Rail
• Seaside Sparrow
• Nelson's Sparrow
• Marbled Godwit
• Long-billed Curlew
• Wilson's Plover
• Snowy Plover
• Magnificent Frigatebird
• Brown Pelican
• Neotropic Cormorant
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Hooded Warbler