Bird AlbumUnited States · Texas
El Franco Lee Park
305 species and 161,840 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October, with up to 193 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great EgretArdea alba
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Baytown Nature Center27 km297 species
- Cullinan Park, Sugar Land39 km304 species
- Brazos Bend SP43 km304 species
- Bear Creek Park44 km283 species
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd52 km291 species
- Galveston – Lafitte's Cove52 km325 species
All 305 species recorded here
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at El Franco Lee Park?
April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 193 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at El Franco Lee Park?
305 species, from 161,840 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at El Franco Lee Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Killdeer, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Mockingbird, Great Egret and American White Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.