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Birding at
the Complex
The Texas Mid-Coast
National Wildlife Refuge Complex has been designated as an internationally
significant shorebird site by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve
Network. This designation indicates that the combined complex hosted over
100,000 shorebirds during spring migration. Dowitchers, dunlins, lesser
yellowlegs, semipalmated and western sandpipers can best be observed in
the spring between mid-March and mid-May and in the fall between July
and September.
While great numbers
of shorebirds crowd the shorelines and shallow water, thousands of waterfowl
fill the marshes and freshwater ponds. The winds spread the calling of
the many rail species while carrying passerines during their long migration.
To view the complete
bird list click this link:
Texas
Mid-Coast Bird List |
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![A Great Blue Heron](images/GBHeron.jpg)
![A group of bird watchers](images/PhillipsTrack.jpg)
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Photo Credit: K. Ramos, USFWS |
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Last updated:
March 4, 2009