Stillhouse Hollow Lake- Dana Peak Park
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Stillhouse Hollow Lake- Dana Peak Park is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 240 species recorded on eBird. This lake and mountain habitat attracts Bufflehead, White-winged Dove, and Mourning Dove 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
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus stellaris
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
Winter Wren
Troglodytes hiemalis
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Blue-winged Teal
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Black-chinned Hummingbird
American Coot
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Long-billed Curlew
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Forster's Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
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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