April 8–13, 2027 · 6 days, 5 nights

Limited to three photographers plus your guide.

Price: $2,395 per person (shared room)

Private room: $2,780 per person

Every spring, songbirds that have just crossed the Gulf of Mexico make landfall on the upper Texas coast, and the small wooded sanctuaries at High Island are the first shelter many of them find. Mid-April is prime time: warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks and buntings in full breeding color, a busy rookery of Roseate Spoonbills and egrets, and nearby beaches and marshes full of shorebirds, rails and waders. From a base in Winnie we cover the High Island sanctuaries, Bolivar Flats, Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Anahuac NWR) and the forests of Big Thicket National Preserve.

Highlights

• Spring migrant songbirds in full breeding color at the High Island sanctuaries

• Eye-level views of nesting Roseate Spoonbills and egrets at the Smith Oaks rookery

• Shorebirds, Reddish Egrets and Piping Plovers at Bolivar Flats

• Marsh birds from the vehicle at Jocelyn Nungaray NWR (formerly Anahuac NWR)

• Nesting Swainson's and Prothonotary Warblers in Big Thicket National Preserve

Itinerary at a glance

• Day 1 · Thu, April 8: Arrival and the High Island rookery

• Day 2 · Fri, April 9: Bolivar Flats, then the migrant woods

• Day 3 · Sat, April 10: Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge

• Day 4 · Sun, April 11: Big Thicket National Preserve

• Day 5 · Mon, April 12: Following the birds

• Day 6 · Tue, April 13: A last morning, then home

Included

• Lodging

• All ground transportation during the trip

• Guide fees

• Sanctuary and entrance fees

Not included

• Meals

• Airfare

• Tips

To book or ask questions, email Greg at greglavaty@gmail.com or use the contact form.