Under the guidance of an expert biologist/ecologist, enjoy an incredible birding experience in the Rockport/Fulton gulf coast area. Exceptional field study aboard boat provides up-close views of Whooping Cranes (and their chicks), flotillas of colonial water birds, sea birds, egrets and herons with stops along the way to see inland birds. In Port Aransas, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Goose Island State Park "bird" estuarine ecosystems (saltwater marshes, mangroves, and mud flats), barrier island habitats, coastal prairies, freshwater wetlands, and oak mottes. Meet local bird experts. It is possible to log over 120 species of bird - even advanced birders traditionally add 9 to 15 species of birds to their life lists.