Bird AlbumUnited States · Texas
Galveston – Lafitte's Cove
325 species and 444,666 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 285 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Great EgretArdea alba
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Eurasian TealAnas crecca163 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 325 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Galveston Island SP3 km327 species
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd6 km291 species
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary26 km305 species
- Brazoria NWR37 km322 species
- Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary48 km337 species
- El Franco Lee Park52 km305 species
All 325 species recorded here
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Galveston – Lafitte's Cove?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 285 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Galveston – Lafitte's Cove?
325 species, from 444,666 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Galveston – Lafitte's Cove in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Mockingbird, Myrtle Warbler, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.