Texas City Dike
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Texas City Dike is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 262 species recorded on eBird. This forest and wetland habitat attracts Common Goldeneye, Common Loon, and Sandwich Tern 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
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Least Bittern
Botaurus exilis
Sandwich Tern (Cabot's x Cayenne)
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Wilson's Plover
Anarhynchus wilsonia
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Willet (Western)
Tringa semipalmata
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Least Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Neotropic Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Birding Tips
- 1
Listen for vocalizations to locate canopy-dwelling warblers and vireos.
- 2
Check forest edges and clearings for flycatchers and thrushes.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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