Sea turtles found on the Texas coast and the Gulf of Mexico:

• Green sea turtle
• Loggerhead sea turtle
• Hawksbill Sea Turtle
• Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
• Leatherback Sea Turtle

Shorebirds found on the Texas coast

• Brown pelican
• White pelican
• Laughing gull
• Spoonbill

Cetaceans found on the Texas coast and the Gulf of Mexico

• Bottlenose dolphin

Links

• Texas Highways, “Day With the Dolphins” (educational tours)
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Bottlenose Dolphin”
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Coastal Wetlands Species Fact Sheet Set”
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Green Sea Turtle” fact sheet
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Hawksbill Sea Turtle” fact sheet
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle” fact sheet
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Leatherback Sea Turtle” fact sheet
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Loggerhead Sea Turtle” fact sheet
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Mustang Island State Park”
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Texas Birds: Introducing Texans to Common Birds”
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “A Shorebird Primer for Educators”
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: Padre Island”