The East Texas Pineywoods is part of the extensive pine forests found in the southeastern United States. This habitat supports a large number of specialty birds such as the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Bachman’s Sparrow and several breeding species of warblers, woodpeckers and other passerines.

 

We visit the WG Jones State Forest near Conroe for a quick introduction to this habitat and look for clusters of the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker along with many other species that call this forest home. Traveling further north and east will get us into the Sam Houston and Angelina National Forests where we have the opportunity to see Hooded, Swainson’s Yellow-throated, Pine and Kentucky warblers as well as Pileated, Red-headed, Downy and Hairy woodpeckers along with other breeding and/or migrant species. This tour is often combined with the High Island and the Upper Texas Coast tour.

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Best times to visit and what to expect:

Mid April through Mid May during spring migration- Neotropical migrants 

Some of the resident species found year-round include Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Pileated Woodpecker, and Pine Warbler among others.