Birding

Welcome Birders!

The Texas Gulf Coast is a birder’s paradise, and some of the best birding in all of Texas starts right here in League City, a hot spot on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. Experienced or beginner, League City offers some of the best birding opportunities in the U.S. and is an ideal birding hub for anyone looking to explore birding hotspots on the Upper Texas Coast.

Nearly 650 unique bird species

Texas is known for its globally unique ecosystem with a diversity of habitats and wildlife. Gulf Coast habitats, like the ones in League City, are essential to the annual cycles of many species of breeding, wintering, and migrating waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds. Thanks to an extensive network of nature and birding trails blanketing the entire state, residents and visitors seeking authentic wildlife experiences have plenty of options.

birding Trails
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The Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail is a system of trails, bird sanctuaries, and nature preserves stretching 500 miles across Texas. Made up of 43 trails and 308 birding sites, these state-designated areas offer some of the best birdwatching in the world.

League City is situated on the Upper Texas Coast region of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. This region consists of 15 birding-trail “loops” in hotspots throughout Bay Area Houston, Galveston, High Island, Bolivar Peninsula, Anahuac, Beaumont, and extending all the way to the Louisiana border.

Birding the Clear Lake Loop

The Clear Lake Loop portion of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail includes several birding hotspots in League City, with more than a dozen total locations, all within minutes of each other. Sightings can range from 150–250 species.

League City is also minutes away from the San Jacinto and Texas City Loops, and less than 30 minutes from the Galveston Loop. Our bird-friendly city offers birders comfortable accommodations and lots of amenities in close proximity to several world-class birding locations in the Bay Area, Galveston, Anahuac and High Island.

Bay Area Houston Birdwatching Guide

This guide shares all the best places to bird in Bay Area Houston and offers localized tips to help birders get the most out of their experience. Pick up a free hard copy at hotels throughout the Bay Area.

Flip through the local guide for the scoop on:

Spring and fall migration
Birding trails
Birding hotspots

Birding Blog

Learn more about birding in League City and the Texas Gulf Coast from a local Texas Master Naturalist and Expert Birder.

Spring is in the air! We’re all excited to get out there, clean up the mess from the freeze, and bring new life to our yards. This is the perfect time to add native plants to your backyard habitat to make it more attractive to birds and other wildlife.

Birds seek out native plants and trees, knowing they provide much-needed resources – food, cover and shelter, and safe places to raise their young. From our perspective, native plants are hardy, tend to propagate and spread on their own, and often require little maintenance. Adding them to your yard is a win-win!

There are so many options, you’re sure to find something just right for your yard. By creating a haven for birds and other wildlife, you are helping to replenish critical resources that have been lost due to the development of our lands and waters.