-Welcome "Bird Watchers"-

 
 

Hello "Bird Watchers.  We enjoy renting to "Bird Watchers" and really enjoy hearing all of the stories about what rare specie of bird was seen flying or walking around the beach homes...Many times, we offer discounts during the "off season months," of December and January, so that you can stay at the beach for a great price...So, book your next "Bird Watching" vacation at the beach! Made famous as a fall-out location for Neotropical migrants in spring, especially from mid-April to early May, High Island contains woodland stands that provide a first landfall for millions of trans-Gulf migrants. Storms over the Gulf, especially with strong winds out of the north, tire the migrants so that they arrive at midmorning to midday so exhausted that they literally fall from the skies into the woods. After a brief rest they begin feeding to rebuild their energy for the next phase of their journey. They may remain to feed for a few to several hours or even several days. If it rains overnight, the migrants are more likely to wait for more favorable weather. Thousands of songbirds can sometimes be found within a couple of acres. What's more, Boy Scout Woods and Smith Oaks Sanctuary, both owned and maintained by the Houston Audubon Society, have been developed so that hundreds of birders can have easy access with only minimal disturbance to the birds. With a fall-out, up to 23 warbler species, along with vireos, flycatchers, tanagers, orioles, grosbeaks, buntings, and numbers of other Neotropical birds can be expected. If waterbirds are your target, nearby Bolivar Flats (25 miles south of High Island), including the Houston Audubon's Shorebird Sanctuary at the southeast end of the peninsula (take Highway Loop 108 east then south on Highway 87) features a vast array. Some of the more exciting species to be expected here include reddish egret, roseate spoonbill, piping and Wilson's plovers, whimbrel, marbled godwit, red knot, white-rumped and pectoral sandpipers, least tern, and black skimmer. I once recorded 125 species in about two hours from one location at the tip of the peninsula. In addition, High Island and Bolivar Peninsula have a history of rare bird sightings. Curlew sandpiper, bridled tern, mangrove cuckoo, greenish elaenia, sulphur-bellied flycatcher, and yellow-green and Yucatan vireos have all been recorded in this area.

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