BROWNSVILLE BIRDING

Birds of the Rio Grande Valley

Explore our biodiversity of birds here in Brownsville!

A little about our journey; On our way to be a Bird City Texas!
In 2022 Brownsville has been diligently working to become a Bird City Texas designation and will apply to become officially certified from Audubon Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s inaugural Bird City Texas certification program.

This new, community-focused certification program has been created to help people protect birds and their habitats. The growing popularity of planting native plants, restoring the native prairies, bird-friendly education programs, and Visit Brownsville's program were among the many efforts and programs that will make Brownsville a Bird City Texas designation.

BROWNSVILLE BIRDING

Discover the Amazing Lower Rio Grande Valley Birds

Grab your binoculars and head to Resaca de la Palma State Park in Brownsville, Texas. Walk along more than 8 miles of trails or rent a bicycle for the weekend. You can search for green jays, least grebes and Harris’s hawks—all commonly spotted within the park.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

"In recent years interest in the bird-life of southern Texas has greatly increased, and more and more people are visiting a region which is a veritable paradise for the ornithologist.
Our second reason for venturing to publish the results of work voluntarily undertaken, is the hope that it will serve to stimulate further investigation." -Birds of the Brownsville Region, Southern Texas Ludlow Griscom and Maunsell S. Crosby.
The Auk Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1925), pp. 432-440 (9 pages)

WORLD BIRDING CENTER

A World Class Destination for Birders and Birds

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CENTER

Sabal Palms; A Magnificent Spot For Bird Watching.

Download our field checklist for Birds of Resaca de la Palma State Park, which includes 284 bird species from the area.

AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY

How to help migrating birds?

Twelve Tips to Help Migratory Birds on Their Way

ALL ABOUT BIRDS ORGANIZATION

iNaturalist Organization

Contribute to Science

iNaturalist is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Nature at your fingertips!

Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. We share your findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use your data. All you have to do is observe.