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.
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Birds |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
Winter |
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Common Loon |
O |
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O |
U |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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American White Pelican |
C |
U |
C |
C |
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Brown Pelican |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Double crested Cormorant |
C |
O |
C |
A |
|
Neotropic Cormorant |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Least Bittern |
C |
C |
U |
R |
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Great Blue Heron |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Great Egret |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Snowy Egret |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
Tricolored Heron |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Green-backed Heron |
A |
A |
C |
R |
|
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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White Ibis |
C |
C |
C |
U |
|
Roseate Spoonbill |
C |
C |
C |
U |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
C |
C |
U |
O |
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Snow Goose |
C |
|
C |
A |
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Canada Goose |
U |
O |
U |
C |
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Wood Duck |
U |
U |
U |
U |
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Green-winged Teal |
C |
|
C |
A |
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Mottled Duck |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Mallard |
U |
|
C |
C |
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Northern Pintail |
U |
|
C |
A |
|
Northern Shoveler |
U |
R |
C |
A |
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Gadwall |
C |
|
C |
A |
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American Wigeon |
U |
|
C |
C |
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Lesser Scaup |
C |
|
C |
C |
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Black Vulture |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Turkey Vulture |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Osprey |
U |
|
U |
C |
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Northern Harrier |
U |
|
C |
C |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
U |
|
U |
U |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
C |
O |
C |
C |
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Merlin |
U |
O |
U |
U |
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Peregrine Falcon |
U |
O |
U |
U |
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Clapper Rail |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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King Rail |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Purple Gallinule |
U |
C |
U |
R |
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Common Moorhen |
A |
A |