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Goose Island SP
354 species and 241,239 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 273 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
WilletTringa semipalmata
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aransas NWR (CTC 037)27 km364 species
- Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas34 km311 species
- Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Ctr.35 km342 species
- Blucher Park56 km295 species
- Hazel Bazemore County Park71 km343 species
All 354 species recorded here
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Goose Island SP?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 273 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Goose Island SP?
354 species, from 241,239 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Goose Island SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Laughing Gull, Great Egret and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.