Birding is restricted to the roadside. There is room to pull off across the road at a gate with an elevated water tank. There is also a parking area at the end of the road on the bay. Do not park on the roadway at all.  Seaside Sparrows will sing from perches near the roads.

Yellow Rails are present Mid-October to Mid-April. Crested Caracara have nested across the road on a water well tank for several years. Clapper Rail are present year round. Seaside Sparrow are present year round.

This is the location where the famous Yellow Rail "Walks" were conducted. It is no longer open to the public and can only be birded from the roadside. (All sites at Anahuac NWR are considered closed to the public unless they are specifically marked open. 

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 to provide wintering and migration habitats for ducks and geese. We protect the coastal marsh for migratory and resident waterfowl, shorebirds, and waterbirds. The refuge is one of three refuges in the Texas Chenier Plain Wildlife Refuge Complex, and one of a string of wildlife refuges situated on the Gulf of Mexico. We are a designated Globally Important Bird Area, Monarch Waystation, and a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Site of International Importance. The 37,000-acre refuge is located on the Texas Gulf Coast just outside the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. 

There is no fee to visit the refuge. This refuge is very large and most of it is roadside accessible, however, there are also a few walking trails and a boat launch. As with most hotspots in this area, visitors should be adequately prepared for mosquitos and be alert for venomous snakes and spiders.