Barton Creek Wilderness Park
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Barton Creek Wilderness Park is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 224 species recorded on eBird. This river/riparian and urban park habitat attracts Mourning Dove, Black Vulture, and Turkey Vulture among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
Loading map...
Live Bird Data
Powered by eBird / Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Lesser Goldfinch
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Birding Tips
- 1
Walk along the water slowly, scanning overhanging branches for kingfishers and warblers.
- 2
Check sandbars and gravel bars for shorebirds and terns.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
Amenities
More in Texas
High Island
Legendary Texas coast migrant trap where trans-Gulf birds make landfall during spring fallouts.
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Subtropical Rio Grande Valley forest with rare Mexican species found nowhere else in the US.
Big Bend National Park
Remote Chihuahuan Desert park with the only US breeding population of Colima Warbler.
Texas Birding Guide
Complete guide to birding in Texas →