The area’s bird sanctuaries are full of visitors this time of year (both two-legged and winged) and people come from all over the world to experience the spring migration of hundreds of bird species that travel along the Gulf Coast and beyond as they head northward. Approximately 10,000 people, from all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries, visit the High Island sanctuaries each year. A typical birder can observe over 100 species in a week, and this past weekend, thirty species of warblers were counted.
Even some of the more remote roads on Bolivar Peninsula can hold treasures for a birder. 
Peggy Boston (green shirt in picture), a High Island based volunteer with the Houston Audubon Society, led a group of birders to N. Tuna Road off Hwy 87 in Crystal Beach. Several bird species were observed in the lush greenery of this uncharted ‘sanctuary’, including this colorful Baltimore Oriole.
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