I did this years trip down to High Island a few weeks earlier this year with a couple of friends to try to get some of the earlier migrants that I've missed in the past. I had several chances for lifers and ended up getting the one I wanted most - the Cerulean Warbler, and heard a Black Rail which was right at our feet singing to us! The Cerulean was seen at Sabine Woods in south east Texas and the Black Rail was heard at the Yellow-Rail Prairie in Anahuac NWR.
High Island trips consist of pretty much the same places each year to get the most species of bird, including - Sabine Woods, High Island's Boy Scout woods & Smith Oaks woods, Bolivar Flats, Rollover Pass, Yaught Basin Rd, Anahuac NWR and Sea Rim SP along with some other stops. Over the 3 days we saw 175 species, over 20 of them Warblers. Great views were had of Cerulean, Blackburnian and Chestnut sided warblers and there were plenty of Northern Parula, Blue-winged, hooded, Kentucky, Black & White, and prothonotary warblers. We also had great views of approximately 30 Gannets diving off the beaches as well as a group of about 20 White-winged and Surf Scoters. We ended the trip with some nice views of Swallow-tailed Kites near Liberty in East Texas.

Sunrise over High Island Bridge...
The photo just doesn't do it justice! Standing at the top of the bridge on Hwy 124 the sun had just risen over a blanket of fog with just the tops of trees showing through, just beautiful.