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Texas Birdwatching

• Big Bend Bird Habitat - Information about Carolyn Ohl's private 800 acre wildlife sanctuary near Big Bend National Park.
• Big Bend National Park - Birds - Home to about 450 species of birds. Includes an overview, sightings reports, and articles.
• Big Bend National Park - Wildlife Viewing - Overview of birding and other wildlife viewing.
• Bird Checklists - Seasonal checklists for 22 refuges in Texas.
• Birding in Newton County - Photo gallery and birding sites.
• Birding in San Marcos - Brief site guides with map.
• Birding in Texas - Information and links from Texas Parks and Wildlife.
• Birding South Padre Island - Overview, articles, bird list, photos, and tours.
• Birding the Central Texas Coast - Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi site with field trips, meetings, sanctuaries, newsletters, birding hot spots, checklists, photos, Texas hawk watch results, and Whooping Crane updates.
• BirdRockport.com - Birding information for the Rockport area, including Whooping Crane reports, events, photos, and resources.
• Birds of Texas - Photos of birds taken in the Sugar Land and San Antonio area, with notes on ID, range, habitat, and nests. Also includes a seasonal checklist for Bexar County.
• Birds of the Central Brazos Valley - Local site guides, guide to bird checklists of Texas, sighting records, TOS field trips, trip reports, photo gallery, and ID tips.
• Birds of the Upper Texas Coast - David Sarkozi's comprehensive guide with site guides, maps, specialty species guides, rare bird alerts, birder directory, sounds, photo gallery, NEXRAD migration images, migration tables, and other resources.
• Birds of Village Creek, Fort Worth - Site guide and seasonal checklist.
• Birdwatching in Corpus Christi - Weekly column by Phyllis Yochem.
• Driftwood Wildlife Association - Migratory bird banding in Hays and Travis counties, northwest of Austin, and research on Chimney Swifts.
• Golden Crescent Nature Club - Group of Victoria-Port Lavaca area birders, with seasonal abundance checklist of the birds of the Central Coast, Magic Ridge site guide and checklist, and sightings.
• Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail - Detailed guides to 11 loops along the Upper Texas Coast section.
• Great Texas Wildlife Trails - Detailed guides to four driving trails throughout Texas.
• Greg Lasley's Texas Bird Photos - Photographs and discussion of unusual birds.
• Gulf Coast Bird Observatory - Based in Lake Jackson. Programs, events, migration monitoring, and hawk watch results.
• Helen Baines's Birding Pages - Photos and information on backyard birds in the Houston area, as well as trip reports from around the world.
• Hornsby Bend Birding Guide - Detailed directions for birding this sewage plant in Austin.
• Lower Trinity Valley Bird Club - Based in Liberty. Articles, meetings, newsletter, events, and photo gallery.
• Lynn Barber's Birding Site - Photographs and birding reports, including a day-by-day account of her record-breaking big year in 2005.
• Martin Reid's Site - Photos and discussion of many unusual birds in Texas and beyond.
• Mary Scott's Birding Texas - Travelogue, with photos, of 20 birding spots in Texas.
• McCulloch County Birds - Jim Hughes's site with a county bird checklist and information about where to bird in the county.
• Meet the Birds of Texas - Project of the Passport to Texas Radio Series and Texas Parks and Wildlife with species accounts and birding listening library.
• North-Central Texas Birds - Sightings, photo gallery, rare bird alert, rare bird calendar, seasonal habits, and seasonal checklist.
• Northeast Texas Field Ornithologists - Based in Longview. Field trips, programs, rare bird alert, sightings calendar, and photo gallery.
• Port Aransas Birdwatching - Chamber of Commerce site.
• Purola Bird Records - Hays County sightings and seasonal checklists.
• Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory - Programs, lesser-known hotspots, birding in Mexico, and bird list.
• Rockport Ruffles Some Feathers - Article on birding in Rockport.
• Rockport-Fulton Birding - Brief information and list of birding sites.
• Salt Grass Flats - Photographs and descriptions of a few common birds of the Texas Gulf Coast.
• SATXbirds - E-mail group for birding in the Bexar County area.
• Search and Serendipity - David Ringer's tales of birding from his backyard in the Dallas Metroplex area to the other side of the world.
• Texas Bird Records Committee - Evaluates rare bird records. News, photo gallery, bird lists, annual reports, and bird report form.
• Texas Breeding Bird Atlas - Detailed maps of all 358 breeding birds found during the 1987-1992 survey, some detailed species accounts, history, and current status of the project.
• Texas Gulf Coast Birding and Naturalist Web - Articles, site guides, checklists, and links.
• Texas Hawk Watches - Results of the Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch in Corpus Christi and raptor photo gallery.
• Texas Migrations - Purple Martin, hummingbird, and Monarch butterfly migration information and maps.
• Texas Ornithological Society - Sightings reports, meetings, TOS-LIST e-mail group, field trips, publications, and sanctuaries.
• Texas Panhandle Bird Club - Provides a list of officers, field trip calendar, bird reports, alerts and information about membership. Located in Amarillo.
• Texas Rare Bird Alerts - Recent transcripts of 11 RBAs throughout the state.
• Texas Whooping Cranes - Archive of regular census reports from Aransas NWR, with a few other miscellaneous reports.
• Texbirds - Searchable archives and subscription management of the birding discussion list for Texas.
• Texbirds Reference Page - General information and commands of the e-mail group for Texas birding.
• The Great Texas Birding Classic - Annual birding tournament held on the coast in late April.
• Utopia Nature - Natural history of the Sabinal River Valley in the Hill Country, including birds, bird photos, birding sites, and the Lost Maples Christmas Bird Count.
• WarblerWoods - Sightings and photos from site in Cibolo by Susan Schaezler.
• Wild Texas: Wildlife Guide - Brief accounts of 8 species of birds.
• World Birding Center - News and information about birding in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Includes descriptions and checklists for 9 birding sites, events, specialty bird species accounts, and rare bird alert.

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