Texas City Prairie Preserve
Texas · Southeast
About This Location
Texas City Prairie Preserve is a productive birding destination in Texas, with 260 species recorded on eBird. This grassland habitat attracts Mottled Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, and Eurasian Collared-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
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Couch's Kingbird
Tyrannus couchii
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Mourning Dove
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan fence posts and utility wires for perching raptors and kingbirds.
- 2
Walk field edges at dawn when sparrows and grassland species are most vocal.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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