The migration on the Upper Texas Coast is a great spectacle. Thousands of colorful neotropical warblers, buntings, vireos, thrushes and flycatchers pass though twice a year. Spectacular flights of thousands of Broadwing Hawks pass though headed south in the fall and spring in great streams mile long in some cases. Thousands of shorebirds from the little Least Sandpiper to hansom American Golden-Plovers to the boldly marked Hudsonian Godwit mass on the beaches, mud flats and rice fields of the the Upper Texas Coast. Use these links to understand when you can be there for these events

  • Spring Migration Table - The spring migration is one of the things that put the Upper Texas Coast on the map, check out this table to plan your trip for the time when the species you want to see will be passing through.
  • Hawk Migration Table - Hawks on their way to Central and South America pass though the Upper Texas Coast in big numbers. Plan your trip to the Smith Point Hawk Watch by checking the window of the species your looking for.
  • Fall Migration Table - Folks are just beginning to realize the fall migration on the Upper Texas Coast is pretty good to! Traditional migrant traps like High Island, Sabine Woods, and Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary also hold lots of birds in the fall. Fall warblers really aren't that hard and you don't want to miss your last chance to see the "Butterflies of the bird world" until next spring!
  • Shorebird Migration - Shore birding is great spring and fall on the Upper Texas Coast. Some of the shorebirds come through at differenent times than the passerine migrants.