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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
305 species and 293,155 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 233 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
SanderlingCalidris alba
WilletTringa semipalmata
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos137 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 305 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd21 km291 species
- Galveston – Lafitte's Cove26 km325 species
- Rollover Pass27 km268 species
- Galveston Island SP29 km327 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR – Shoveler Pond Loop32 km301 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR (Anahuac)33 km334 species
All 305 species recorded here
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 233 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary?
305 species, from 293,155 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Sanderling, Willet, Brown Pelican, Royal Tern and Laughing Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.