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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary

Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail - UTC 058

Rettilion Road, Port Bolivar, TX (Directions)

Take TX 87 to Loop 108/Rettilon Rd. then go south to the beach.  Follow the shoreline west to Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary, at the base of the North Jetty.

Bolivar Beach parking stickers are required to park between Rettilon Rd and the vehicular barrier. The stickers are available at most convenience stores on the peninsula.

On this massive tidal flat, you can find large numbers of gulls, terns, and shorebirds feeding at low tide. Flocks roost here when the tide is high. American Avocets winter on the flat. Willets, Wilson’s Plovers, Least Terns, and Horned Larks breed on the flat.

Recent Photos

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Gary Seloff
Bolivar Flats
American Avocet

‘Close Quarters’ by Gary Seloff won 1st Place in the 2018 Week 4 FeatherFest Photo Contest.

Kristine Rivers
Bolivar Flats
Marbled Godwit
Stan Bravenec
Bolivar Flats
Sanderling

‘Morning Sun’ won 3rd Place in the 2018 Week 2 FeatherFest Photo Contest.

Lea Safley
Bolivar Flats
Reddish Egret

‘Stalking Breakfast’ won 3rd Place in the 2019 Week 2 Featherfest Photo Contest

Gary Seloff
Bolivar Flats
Long-billed Curlew

‘Partial Coverage’ won 2nd Place in the 2020 Week 4 FeatherFest Photo Contest.

Kristine Rivers
Bolivar Flats
Belted Kingfisher

Featured in Kristine Rivers’ Top 5 Early Birds blog.

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