Vivid Photo Visual | The Birds and Wildlife of Galveston Island, Texas. @VividPhotoVisual | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated July 26 2023
In June 2019 I was fortunate enough to be working in Houston, Texas. On one of the days I wasn't filming I managed to have a great day out on Galveston Island. I'd researched it in advance and so visited Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve as well as Galveston Island State Park.

Here is the species list and timings;

Loggerhead Shrike 0:04-0:10, 7:32-8:00
Glossy Ibis 0:10-0:20, 1:53-2:04
Red-eared Slider 0:21-0:28, 0:42-0:49, 3:58-4:12
Great Egret 0:28-0:36
Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake 0:28-0:36
Four-spotted Pennant 0:37-0:42, 7:25-7:32, 9:34-9:45
Northern Mockingbird 0:50-0:55, 2:45-2:51
Roseate Spoonbill 0:56-1:06
Common Buckeye 1:07-1:14
Turkey Vulture 1:15-1:26
Brown Thrasher 1:27-1:45. 3:21-3:43
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1:46-1:52
Black-necked Stilt 2:05-2:14
White Ibis 2:15-2:24, 8:08-8:16
Great-tailed Grackle 2:25-2:35, 6:36-6:42, 8:08-8:11
Nutria 2:35-2:44
Black Swallowtail 2:45-3:04
Little Brown Skink 3:04-3:14
Northern Cardinal 3:15-3:20, 3:44-3:57
Willet 4:13-4:19, 5:29-5:38, 6:23-6:28, 6:43-6:57
Killdeer 4:20-4:32
Great Blue Heron 4:33-4:39
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4:40-5:08
Eastern Kingbird 5:08-5:29
Common Nighthawk 5:38-5:57
Red-winged Blackbird 5:57-6:14
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 6:14-6:22
Wilson’s Plover 6:29-6:36
Eastern Meadowlark 6:58-7:11
White-tailed Kite 7:12-7:20
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7:20-7:25
Blue Corporal 8:00-8:07
American Alligator 8:16-8:39
Black Skimmer 8:40-9:16
Laughing Gull 9:16-9:24
Forster’s Tern 9:16-9:24
Brown Pelican 9:24-9:34

Also keep your eyes peeled for the huge water monster that jumps in the background at 8:59...Jaws??

Again these clips are in no way award winning, I just walked around with a Panasonic FZ2000 and tried to record what I saw so I could try and identify the species on my return to the UK.