Tourist facilities, entrance fee, checklist. Bird Island Basin is to the right of main road. When wet, the marshes along this road are very good - gallinules, grebes, waders, etc. At the boat basin, densely packed rookery islands visible through scopes during nesting season. Shorelines of Laguna Madre and Gulf of Mexico good birding.
Boardwalks overlook ponds, marshes and bayfront.
Migrants, skimmers, herons, gulls, terns, rails. TULE LAKE Natural lake off the 7200 blk. Park with care on shoulder of road. Shorebirds, ducks, pelicans, spoonbills, egrets, herons, gulls, terns. Leopard St., across from County Building and .3 mi.