Access road well marked along Park Rd 22. 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 bay front.
Migrants, skimmers, herons, gulls, terns, rails. TULE LAKE Natural lake off the 7200 blk of Up River Rd. Left 1.2 mi. Park with care on shoulder of road. Shorebirds, ducks, pelicans, spoonbills, egrets, herons, gulls, terns.