Bird AlbumUnited States · Texas
Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd
291 species and 133,069 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 208 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American White IbisEudocimus albus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus129 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 291 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Galveston – Lafitte's Cove6 km325 species
- Galveston Island SP9 km327 species
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary21 km305 species
- Brazoria NWR43 km322 species
- Rollover Pass47 km268 species
- El Franco Lee Park52 km305 species
All 291 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 208 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd?
291 species, from 133,069 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, American White Ibis and Osprey.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.