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South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center welcome to the Birding and nature center
The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center and gift shop is the Rio Grande Valley's premier destination for birdwatching. Our unique location on South Padre Island is the perfect place to observe the birds, butterflies and natural wildlife in coastal South Texas.  Visit us on South Padre Island, walk the bayfront boardwalks, take a birding tour and explore the nature center.
Bird Walk Reports
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Here are the sightings submitted:

       Species seen: Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number Seen: 6
       Species seen: Acadian Flycatcher        Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Eastern Kingbird  Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Philadelphia Vireo        Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Red-eyed Vireo    Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Northern Rough-winged Swallow     Number Seen: 8
       Species seen: Barn Swallow      Number Seen: 6
       Species seen: Swainson's Thrush Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Gray Catbird      Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Northern Mockingbird      Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Tennessee Warbler Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Yellow Warbler    Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Chestnut-sided Warbler    Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Magnolia Warbler  Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Black-and-white Warbler   Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: American Redstart Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Northern Waterthrush      Number Seen: 4
       Species seen: Louisiana Waterthrush     Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Wilson's Warbler  Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Savannah Sparrow  Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Lincoln's Sparrow Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Indigo Bunting    Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Red-winged Blackbird      Number Seen: 17
       Species seen: Yellow-headed Blackbird   Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Great-tailed Grackle      Number Seen: 10
       Species seen: Baltimore Oriole  Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck      Number Seen: 7
       Species seen: Mallard (Domestic type)   Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Mottled Duck      Number Seen: 4
       Species seen: Blue-winged Teal  Number Seen: 4
       Species seen: Pied-billed Grebe Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Brown Pelican     Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Double-crested Cormorant  Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Least Bittern     Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Great Blue Heron  Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Great Egret       Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Little Blue Heron Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Tricolored Heron  Number Seen: 7
       Species seen: Reddish Egret     Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Cattle Egret      Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Green Heron       Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: White Ibis        Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Roseate Spoonbill Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Turkey Vulture    Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Osprey    Number Seen: 1
       Species seen: Clapper Rail      Number Seen: 8
       Species seen: Common Moorhen    Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: American Coot     Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Black-bellied Plover      Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Wilson's Plover   Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Black-necked Stilt        Number Seen: 9
       Species seen: Spotted Sandpiper Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Willet    Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Lesser Yellowlegs Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Marbled Godwit    Number Seen: 5
       Species seen: Ruddy Turnstone   Number Seen: 6
       Species seen: Sanderling        Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Least Sandpiper   Number Seen: 9
       Species seen: Dunlin    Number Seen: 7
       Species seen: Short-billed Dowitcher    Number Seen: 55
       Species seen: Laughing Gull     Number Seen: 7
       Species seen: Least Tern        Number Seen: 6
       Species seen: Caspian Tern      Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Forster's Tern    Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Royal Tern        Number Seen: 7
       Species seen: Sandwich Tern     Number Seen: 6
       Species seen: Black Skimmer     Number Seen: 40
       Species seen: Eurasian Collared-Dove    Number Seen: 3
       Species seen: Mourning Dove     Number Seen: 2
       Species seen: Yellow-billed Cuckoo      Number Seen: 3

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