TPW TV—COASTAL BIRDS/BIRDERS: Birding along the coast  
…ahead on Passport to Texas. 

This is Passport to Texas

The Texas coast is rich with birdlife and year-round 
birding opportunities. Next week discover what all the 
fuss is about on the award-winning TPW TV series on PBS, 
when ornithologist, Cliff Shackelford takes a group of 
birders to what he calls a “mecca”.

42— We are at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary on Bolivar 
Peninsula in Galveston County and this is a mecca for birds, for 
water birds, for shorebirds that use the Texas coast.

[Alice Anne Odonell]
Does everybody see the skimmer, going right down that very 
first wave? You can always go down to the beach and see 
anywhere from fifteen to thirty species of birds, no matter 
whether it’s in the spring or the hot summer time. 

[Cliff]
There are birds here for many reasons, for foraging for roosting 
and some are even here for nesting. This time of year we have 
least terns and Willetts. 

[Birder]
I see it. The least tern went back to the nest.

[Cliff]
Oh good, good, good, yes excellent!

Coastal Birds and Birders airs next week on the TPW TV 
series on PBS. Check your local listings. 

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I'm Cecilia Nasti.