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High Island – Boy Scout Woods
339 species and 340,794 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 281 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica89 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 339 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- High Island – Smith Oaks Sanctuary1 km340 species
- Rollover Pass12 km268 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR (Anahuac)15 km334 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR – Shoveler Pond Loop16 km301 species
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary39 km305 species
- Sabine Woods45 km323 species
All 339 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at High Island – Boy Scout Woods?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 281 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at High Island – Boy Scout Woods?
339 species, from 340,794 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at High Island – Boy Scout Woods in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Northern Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.