Boerne City Lake Park
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Boerne City Lake Park is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 278 species recorded on eBird. This lake and urban park habitat attracts American Coot, Black Vulture, and Turkey Vulture among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Black-capped Vireo
Vireo atricapilla
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
White-winged Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Killdeer
Green Heron
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Purple Martin
Carolina Wren
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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