Cameron Company/Port Isabel Reservoir & Holly Beach rd.
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Cameron Company/Port Isabel Reservoir & Holly Beach rd. is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 234 species recorded on eBird. This coastal and lake habitat attracts Northern Shoveler, Black-necked Stilt, and Killdeer 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
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Yellow-green Vireo
Vireo flavoviridis
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castanea
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
Common Yellowthroat (insperata)
Geothlypis trichas
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Common Ground Dove
Mourning Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Wilson's Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
White-rumped Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Birding Tips
- 1
Check rocky shorelines and jetties at low tide for shorebirds.
- 2
Scan offshore waters with a spotting scope for seabirds and waterfowl.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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