Galveston's only tropical bed and breakfast hotel, The Mermaid and The Dolphin Boutique Inn, offers a lodging accommodation alternative to traditional bed and breakfasts or hotels. Check out the Inn's guide to birding Galveston Island.
Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality.
In North America, there are over 850 species of birds. Texas can boast having more bird species, nearly 600, than any other state or provence in North America. Some birds sighted in Texas occur nowhere else in the nation, and birdwatchers from around the world flock to see them. Galveston Island, and its checklist of over 320 species, is part of the Great Texas Birding Trail. Here you will find Roseate Spoonbills, with their bizarre spatulate beaks, Reddish Egrets that prance about in the surf in search of small fish and crustaceans, and Magnificent Frigatebirds that sail over bays and beaches on seven-foot wings.