Delta Lake
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Delta Lake is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 277 species recorded on eBird. This lake habitat attracts Inca Dove, Mourning Dove, and Pied-billed Grebe 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
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Mexican Duck
Anas diazi
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Audubon's Oriole
Icterus graduacauda
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Snowy Plover
Anarhynchus nivosus
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Common Gallinule
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
Roseate Spoonbill
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
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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