On the mudflats beneath the Kandelia mangroves many waterfowl roost, while the trees 'canopy not only provides perches for the light-vented bulbul, but is also an important roosting and nesting place for birds of the heron family.
在樹林方面，水筆仔紅樹林底下的泥灘地常有很多雁鴨類在此休息，樹冠中除了可見白頭翁棲息，也是鷺科鳥類重要的休息築巢地；至於位於堤防內側，由構樹、血桐、苦楝等陽性先驅樹種為主所構成的樹林，夏秋時節，果實累累，常見樹鵲、白頭翁、綠繡眼等台灣本土留鳥棲息覓食。