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Baytown Nature Center
297 species and 144,165 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October–December, with up to 187 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- El Franco Lee Park27 km305 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR – Shoveler Pond Loop51 km301 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR (Anahuac)52 km334 species
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary53 km305 species
- Bear Creek Park56 km283 species
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd57 km291 species
All 297 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Baytown Nature Center?
April and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 187 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Baytown Nature Center?
297 species, from 144,165 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Baytown Nature Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Brown Pelican, Osprey and Belted Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.