Birdwatching in Texas

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Local Birdwatchers
Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club.
Initial Last Name Area Available Language
C Ohl-Johnson Alpine Anytime
J Luce Amarillo Anytime
P Sipiora Arlington Anytime English
Z Hunt Austin Anytime
L Kantor Austin Anytime English/Spanish
M Kircus Austin Anytime English
I'm a retired school teacher and have been birding for many years. Our area is famous for the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo. But we have many good birds and recently had a Ruff visit us. I have used to be located in Houston but now live a little west of Austin.
S Barko Austin Anytime English
Intermediate birder with knowledge of south Austin parks and birding areas south of Austin.
S Head Bay City Anytime
B Kinch Brownsville (Winter only) Anytime English
K Russell Bryan Anytime English/German
S Dillard Bryan Weekend English
I am versant with alot of the upper coast of Texas too so - if you want someone to take ya around try me anyhow. I might be able to break away days with some prior notice
D Green Canyon Lake Weekend English/Spanish
I live in the Hill Country of Texas half way between San Antonio an Austin. In the spring I can usually show or tell people how to find the Golden- Cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo.
L Yaklin Concan Anytime
J Hill Conroe Anytime English
I am a member of the NWF and have numerous feeders, bird houses, bird baths and covered areas for my birds. I have only been watching in my yard for about 4 years, but I really want to go birding with someone. Have no friends interested in birding the way I am.
L Even Corpus Christi Anytime English
P Hibdon Corpus Cristi Weekend English
Corpus Christi is known as the birdiest city in the U.S. Birding here is best in the Spring and Fall when birds are migrating through, but there's lots to see year round. I've lived in Corpus for 21 years now, but have only been seriously birding about 3 years. So I have a lot of catching up to do.
R Games Dallas Weekend
H Krabbe Del Rio Anytime English/Spanish
I am a wildlife biology student and live in a hillcountry/transitioanal area.
J Meldahl Eagle Lake Anytime
K Arquette Elm Mott(Waco) Anytime
A Vinson El Paso Anytime English
I bird regularly in West Texas and in mid- and southern New Mexico. Also, I travel to SE Arizona pretty regularly to bird. I am a school teacher, so the "anytime" only applies to summers, Christmas break and Spring Break. The working year I am available on weekends. So,if you would like to bird the Chihuahuan desert, Bosque del Apache, Big Bend, or even look for the Tucson area specialties with me, please email.
L Lucas Ft. Worth Weekend
G Sage Galveston Anytime English
My husband and I have been birding for 10 years, mostly at home in Galveston, which has many birds during the spring and fall migrations, and which is close to the High Island bird sanctuaries, also very popular during migration season. We also like to bird while traveling, and have birded from Alaska to Patagonia. We would enjoy showing Galveston's sights to fellow birders, and would love to have you show us your birds.
P Singleton Galveston/Dickinson Anytime
M Streater Hamilton Anytime
P Kennedy Deer Park, Houston Anytime
M Sloan Houston Area Anytime English
some French
I'm a retired librarian and have been seriously birding for about 3 years. Our area includes the upper Texas Gulf coast for shorebirds and marsh birding. We also have prairie and forest habitats.
S Gross Houston Weekend
B Tarbox Houston Weekend English
Available for assistance with weekend birding throughout the year with advance notice in the Southeast Texas area. Katy Prairie, Galveston, Houston area, Jones State Forest (RCWO & BHNU), High Island and Sabine Pass areas & Bolivar. Also, familiar with birding the Rio Grande Valley. If you have a list of target birds feel free to email it to me. (weekend email - billtarbox(AT)gmail.com)
J Berner Houston(Katy) Weekend English
G Lavaty Houston Weekend English
There are lots of birds to see in SE Texas and I spend as much time as I can looking for them and observing them. It is always fun to share the birding experience with others who are excited about birds. In fact sharing birds/wildlife with others was the main reason that I got involved with photography. Lots of photos of Texas birds can be seen at my website: http://www.pbase.com/dadas115
A Marceau Houston Weekend English/French
Limited Spanish
Within 1.5 hour drive to High Island and other Upper Texas Coast hotspots.
M Meyer Houston Weekend English
I've been birding for 5 years. Near our neighborhood is a series of retention ponds called Willow Waterhole Park. Commonly seen there are Black-necked Stilts, Cooper's, Red-tailed, and Red-shouldered Hawks, numerous egrets and herons, some warblers, kinglets, grebes, Belted Kingfishers, occasional Roseate Spoonbills.
J Schneider Houston area Weekend English
limited Spanish
Available for birding, butterflying, dragonflying etc. in the Houston area and surrounding counties.
A Lemon Junction, Kimble Anytime English
J Stowers Kerrville Anytime English/German
C Cook Killeen Weekend English/Spanish
I work on Fort Hood, which is the largest breeding area for the endangered Golden-cheeked warbler and Black-capped Vireo.
T Perkins Killeen Anytime English/Spanish
Killeen is located in Central Texas, home to a diverse mix of Eastern and Western species and local specialties including Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo. I'm relatively new to the area but happy to show visiting birders around.
J Sinclair Kingsville Anytime
R Reinarz Lago Vista Anytime English
I will be happy to take visitors to see the Golden-cheek Warbler and Black-capped Vireo both of which are located nearby. I also will show them unique birds which are common in the area. Typically my visitors end up with a long list of first time sightings.
Z Loman Leakey Anytime
D Dauphin Lower Rio Grande Valley Anytime English
The Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas is one of this nation's top birding locations. View our website at www.thedauphins.net
R Brittain Mathis Weekend
M Thornton Mission Weekend
M Moore Plano Anytime English
One of the premiere birding spots in the Dallas area is about an hour north on US-75 to Sherman, Texas then a few minutes west. The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, on the southern shore of Lake Texoma, hosts a wide diversity of habitats supporting a large number of avian residents as well as seasonally large numbers of visiting ducks, geese, and shorebirds. Access is easy, not extensive, and you'll get some good views of the lake and shore by driving the dike roads leading to the several oil drilling pads that jut into the lake.
T Cantrell Portland(Coastal Bend) Anytime
R Hamilton Quitaque Anytime
M Rogers Richardson Anytime
T Richmond San Angelo Weekend English
some Spanish
M Dolliver San Angelo and Christoval Anytime
D Goodrich San Antonio Weekend
A Grunspan San Antonio Anytime English/Spanish
San Antonio and its surrounding area has much to offer birders. Since I love birding this area, I also enjoy taking visiting birders around, so they can fall in love with it as well.
F Cervantes San Antonio Anytime
C Reid Schertz Anytime English
Retired Air Force, 79 years of age, stroke victim, can walk after a fashion, love the outside.
H Trudell Waco Anytime English
"I'm new to the area, but settling in. Otherwise I can provide information for birders in the Abilene area or on the Upper Texas Coast."
N Dixon The Woodlands Anytime


Professional Guides

Initial Last Name Area Available Language
O Carmona Arlington Anytime English/Spanish
H Laidlaw Houston Anytime
G Olsen Houston Anytime English
I also enjoy just helping visiting birders, and can email them with good birding sites, directions, places to eat and stay, migration timing, etc.

Local Information
Name Description
Audubon Society Texas Club
Texas Ornithological Society Club
Audubon Society Dallas Club
El Paso Audubon Society Club
Fort Worth Audubon Society Club
Golden Triangle Audubon Society Club
Houston Audubon Society Club
Huntsville Audubon Society Club
Llano Estacado Audubon Society Club
Texas Panhandle Bird Club Club
San Antonio Audubon Society Club
Travis Audubon Society Club
Tyler Audubon Society Club
Big Country Audubon Society Club
Texas Bluebird Society Club
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Observatory
Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center Site
Great Texas Birding Classic Tournament
North Central Texas Birding Spots Site
Birding Hotspots around the world Sites
Monte Vista Crane Festival Festival
Port Aransas and Mustang Island. Annual Celebration of Whooping Cranes Festival
Patty Waits Beasley's Central Texas Coast Sites
Carolyn Ohl's Christmas Mountains Oasis Sites
John D. Ingram's Windows on Nature Photos
Bert Frenz's Bird Checklists of Texas Checklists
NABA South Texas Butterflies
David and Jan Dauphin's Rio Grande Valley's Nature Site Butterflies
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Texas
Local weather Yahoo
Electronic maps MapQuest
Find lowest prices for field guides, books, maps etc.
Field guides recommended by Birdingpals
Printable bird check list
Trip Reports from Texas

Last update 03/07/2009