180 miles
of Bayous, Marshland & Shores along the
Gulf Of Mexico

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BIRDING

Creole Nature Trail All-American Road Birding Guide

The following is just a partial list of the birds you might see along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road. Some of the most popular birding sites are the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, the Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, the Peveto Woods Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary , the Cameron Jetties, and Rutherford Beach.

Birds

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Common Loon

O

O

U

Pied-billed Grebe

C

C

C

C

American White Pelican

C

U

C

C

Brown Pelican

C

C

C

C

Double crested Cormorant

C

O

C

A

Neotropic Cormorant

A

A

A

A

Least Bittern

C

C

U

R

Great Blue Heron

C

C

C

C

Great Egret

A

A

A

A

Snowy Egret

C

C

C

C

Tricolored Heron

C

C

C

C

Green-backed Heron

A

A

C

R

Black-crowned Night-Heron

C

C

C

C

White Ibis

C

C

C

U

Roseate Spoonbill

C

C

C

U

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

C

C

U

O

Snow Goose

C

C

A

Canada Goose

U

O

U

C

Wood Duck

U

U

U

U

Green-winged Teal

C

C

A

Mottled Duck

C

C

C

C

Mallard

U

C

C

Northern Pintail

U

C

A

Northern Shoveler

U

R

C

A

Gadwall

C

C

A

American Wigeon

U

C

C

Lesser Scaup

C

C

C

Black Vulture

C

C

C

C

Turkey Vulture

C

C

C

C

Osprey

U

U

C

Northern Harrier

U

C

C

Red-shouldered Hawk

U

U

U

Red-tailed Hawk

C

O

C

C

Merlin

U

O

U

U

Peregrine Falcon

U

O

U

U

Clapper Rail

C

C

C

C

King Rail

C

C

C

C

Purple Gallinule

U

C

U

R

Common Moorhen

A

A