Spring Migration

When the birds are cheerful, but the humans need a snack. Spring Migration at High Island and Sabine Woods: Where the Birds Are Plentiful and the Crankiness Occasional Ah, spring migration in Texas — that magical time when warblers, vireos, buntings, and thrushes descend on our coastal sanctuaries like feathery confetti from the sky. Nowhere is that birdy abundance more spectacular than High Island and Sabine Woods — the crown jewels of Texas coast birding. Every April, these oak mottes along the Gulf fill up with exhausted, brightly colored migrants and equally colorful birders, some wearing camo vests with more…