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Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas
311 species and 146,415 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 246 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Ctr.1 km342 species
- Blucher Park33 km295 species
- Goose Island SP34 km354 species
- Hazel Bazemore County Park56 km343 species
- Aransas NWR (CTC 037)59 km364 species
All 311 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 246 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas?
311 species, from 146,415 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas in November?
The most recorded in November: Great-tailed Grackle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Myrtle Warbler, Laughing Gull and Blue-winged Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.