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
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
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
Willet (Western)
Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Rock Pigeon
Laughing Gull
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Neotropic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Forster's Tern
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
House Finch
Mississippi Kite
Swainson's Hawk
Black Vulture
Barn Swallow
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Mallard
Great Egret
European Starling
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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