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Approximately 180,000 pairs of colonial-nesting waterbirds belonging to
27 species annually nest on 130 colony sites along the Texas coast. They
are excellent indicators of the health of our estuaries and encourage thousands
of ecotourists to visit the state and support tourism. Their diversity and
abundance has been noted since the days of John James Audubon in the early
1800’s.
Clear Lake Field Office (CLFO) biologists, along with other state and federal
biologists, Aubudon Society members, and volunteer groups, annually census
the coastal colonies.
The CLFO office houses and maintains the Texas Colonial
Waterbird Society database(1973 – present), which includes colony
site locations and population estimates, through the Texas Coastal Program
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