Gardening for Nature at the Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
By Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director The Wetlands Institute The Stone [...]
Holly Path Trail Seasonal Closure Begins March 1 to Protect Roosting Herons
Holly Path Trail will be closed for the season beginning [...]
Baby Eastern Box Turtles Hatched in the Sanctuary
On Saturday September 20th, four baby Eastern Box Turtles emerged [...]
An Island Refuge in Our Midst
An Island Refuge in Our Midst | Projects Continue at the Stone [...]
HERON CAM LIVE!
click here to see larger Frequently seen on our Stone Harbor [...]
All About the Black-crowned Night Heron
All About the Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Herons [...]
Birds & Calls
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Sanctuary Birds
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history
The Sanctuary's History Seventeen years before the Civil War, in [...]
American Bittern
A stocky, well-camouflaged heron found around dense fresh [...]
American Crow
American Crows are large, heavy, black birds with [...]
Black Crown Night Heron
Standing here by our freshwater pond is a special spot [...]
Black Crowned Night Heron
Truly the “crowned” jewel of the Sanctuary, the [...]
Blue Jay
A very common song bird with a distinct [...]
Brown Thrasher
The only thrasher east of Texas, you are [...]
Cardinal
Officially called the Northern Cardinal, these birds are [...]
Catbird
Officially called the Gray Catbird, these relatives of [...]
Chestnut Sided Warbler
This common small bird has a distinct appearance [...]
Eastern Phoebe
This brownish-gray, plump songbird appears to have large [...]
Glossy Ibis
A dark iridescent purple-green colored bird with a [...]
Great Blue Heron
Majestic and stately on the ground or in [...]
Great Egret
These elegant, svelte, large white birds with long [...]
Green Heron
You may see the Green Heron from a [...]
Hermit Thrush
This small bird with a melancholy song, rich [...]
Laughing Gull
A summer visitor whose sight and sound evokes [...]
Mourning Dove
Graceful, plump, and small-headed with short legs and [...]
Northern Flicker
Flickers are large brownish woodpeckers with a white [...]
Northern Mocking Bird
These slender grey birds sing almost constantly. They [...]
Osprey
These large, brownish hawks with the white heads [...]
Red Bellied Woodpecker
These pale medium-sized woodpeckers are common in the [...]
Red Winged Black Bird
The Red-winged Blackbird is our harbinger of spring. [...]
Robin
The American Robin is one of the most [...]
Short Billed Marsh Wren
The Marsh Wren is a small buff-colored bird [...]
Song Sparrow
A rich, russet and gray bird with bold [...]
Swainson’s Thrush
The Swainson’s Thrush is a slim, medium brown bird with [...]
Tree Swallow
About the size of a Sparrow, these birds are metallic [...]
Wood Thrush
The Wood Thrush is reddish-brown color on top [...]
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Occasionally, the Yellow-crowned Night Heron can be spotted [...]
THINGS TO REMEMBER
added motion to "history pics" when you get them.
