(294 species recorded in eBird) - The 7063 acre Clive Runnells Mad Island Marsh Preserve was part of an expansive coastal wetlands and upland prairie system which, 60 years ago, stretched nearly unbroken along the mid- and upper-Texas Gulf Coast. Today, the Preserve includes brackish and fresh water wetlands, coastal prairie, ag fields and some thorn scrub along the ICW. Birds that are expected on this trip are ducks, geese, Sandhill Cranes, waders, wrens, raptors and sparrows.