Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is dependent on strong collaborative partnerships to succeed in meeting our conservation mission. We recognize that GCBO alone cannot address the significant challenges that birds face today. In fact, no single agency or organization can. By working together, everyone accomplishes more. Our staff is experienced at helping people come together to forge and implement collaborative solutions that meet the needs for birds and habitat stewardship. In addition, we partner with organizations that are working toward broader conservation and community engagement and awareness goals. Our partners and our organization have been widely recognized for the significant conservation actions and the diverse cooperative partnerships that completed them. Many of our current key partnerships are listed below.

Our Partners

TX A&M AgriLife Research

  • Black Skimmer Project
  • Wetlands Nursery Project

American Bird Conservancy

  • Beach Nesting Birds project
  • Non-breeding Shorebirds project
  • SPLASh: Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines

Audubon Texas

  • Beach Nesting Birds project
  • Non-breeding Shorebirds project
  • Bird nesting island projects
  • American Oystercatcher Stewardship project

Birds Canada

  • MOTUS Towers

Black Cat GIS and Biological Services

  • Reef Study
  • Willet nest flooding analysis
  • SPLASh: Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines
  • Loggerhead Shrike habitat usage analysis

Brazoria County Parks Department

  • Shorebird study projects
  • Education & Outreach (Summer Bird Camp)

Brazosport Museum of Natural History

  • Education and Outreach displays and events

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program

  • Beach Nesting Birds project
  • Non-breeding Shorebirds project
  • Black Skimmer projects
  • American Oystercatcher Stewardship project

Cradle of Texas Conservancy

  • Quintana Migratory Bird Sanctuary

DOW

  • Black Skimmer project

Ducks Unlimited

  • Land restoration projects
  • Bird nesting island projects

EXXON/MOBIL

  • Colonial Waterbird Surveys

Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges

  • MOTUS Tower projects

Galveston Bay Foundation

  • American Oystercatcher island restoration projects
  • Land acquisition projects – LAF

Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research

  • NestFest and beach cleanups

Gulf Coast Joint Venture

  • GCJV Management Board
  • Mid Coast Initiative Team
  • Bird Nesting Island Cooperative
  • Shorebird Working Group

Gulf Coast Wildlife Rescue

  • Bird rescue rehabilitation
  • Education and Outreach (Summer Bird Camp)

Hawk Migration Association of NA

  • Smith Point Hawk Watch

Houston SPCA- Wildlife Center of Texas

  • Education & Outreach events

Houston Audubon Society

  • Beach Nesting Birds project
  • Non-breeding Shorebirds project

Houston Zoo

  • SPLASh cleanups
  • Education & Outreach events

Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center

  • Education and Outreach events

Lower Colorado River Authority

  • Beach Nesting Birds project
  • Non-breeding Shorebirds project

Matagorda Bay Foundation

  • Land protection projects

Matagorda County

  • Land protection projects
  • Shorebirds study project

Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Medioambiente – Cuba

  • Neotropical Migratory Bird Study
  • Hawk Watch

Rio Grande Joint Venture

  • Bird protection projects – Mexico

Rockport Bay Education Center

  • MOTUS Towers

Scenic Galveston

  • American Oystercatcher Stewardship project
  • MOTUS Towers

Sea Center Texas (TPWD)

  • Education & Outreach projects and events

Texas A&M- College Station

  • Black Skimmer project

Texas Children in Nature Network

  • Education & Outreach projects and events

Texas Conservation Partners LLC

  • Land acquisition projects – LAF

Texas Master Naturalists

  • Volunteer projects- numerous research and education projects and events

Texas Nature Conservancy

  • Land acquisition projects – LAF

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

  • Shorebird study projects
  • Smith Point Hawk Watch
  • Land acquisition projects – LAF

Town of Freeport

  • Shorebird study projects

Town of Quintana

  • Migratory Preserves at Quintana
  • Shorebird study projects

University of Houston

  • Intertidal Reef Study

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

  • MOTUS Tower project
  • Eastern Willet project
  • Loggerhead Shrike Territory Study

Village of Surfside

  • Shorebird study projects