The Bolivar Peninsula is world renowned for it's excellent birdwatching areas. There is an Audubon Bird Sanctuary in High Island. During the spring and fall migrations birdwatchers come from all over the world to enjoy the large numbers of birds stopping there to rest and prepare for their journey northward. We've seen blue and painted buntings and a wide variety of warblers.
Local birds nest there including mockingbirds, cardinals, and many more.
On the western end of the peninsula is a wide beach and mud flats where large numbers of waterfowl congregate. There to be photographed or viewed are several species of geese, ducks, grebes, pelicans, bittern, herons, ibis, rails, plovers, killdeer, sandpipers, gulls, terns, snipes and egrets. Head north on Highway 124 for about 5 miles to Highway 1985 then turn left for a few miles. There you will find a refuge for many species of water and marsh birds. There are 12 miles of graveled roads that provide excellent opportunities to observe marsh wildlife.