Port Aransas Jetty
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Port Aransas Jetty is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 266 species recorded on eBird. This coastal habitat attracts Piping Plover, Willet, and Ruddy Turnstone among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Notable Species
Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Rock Pigeon
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Great-tailed Grackle
American Herring Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Forster's Tern
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Barn Swallow
Sanderling
Black Skimmer
Brown Pelican
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
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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