This is the book you need if you want to visit the best birding sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Dave Gosney writes:

‘I’ve visited Texas several times and always been really impressed, not just by the quality and quantity of birds but also by the facilities for getting close to birds and the helpfulness of Texan birdwatchers. In recent years several new sites have been developed and this guide directs you to all of those, pointing the way to exact locations for many of the best birds including difficult species such as Mountain Plover, Tropical Kingbird and Pauraque.’

Sample pages

Sites covered

Unique features

Compared to other publications covering the same area, this one:

1. •Provides the most detailed maps - so you can easily find your way to the best tracks, footpaths, feeding stations, hides and bird towers
   

1. •Includes GPS co-ordinates to help you find the right turnings, parking spaces or viewing points
   

1. •Highlights the best areas only - and summarises the key attraction in the first paragraph so you can easily decide whether to read on or bother to visit the site
   

1. •Has a map on the inside cover which serves as an index so you can easily find any site in the book
   

1. •Is light and portable (and cheap)
   

1. •Is supplemented by the site pages in this website (which include photos of many of the locations)
   

1. •Is updated in the free update pages on this website, giving details of what other birders have found at these sites
   

1. •Is complemented by a DVD showing you exactly what it’s like to go birding in many of these sites
   

More information and updates

The sites featured in the book are also included in the ‘Birding Sites’ section of this website which includes a separate section on birding sites in South Texas

See these sites on a DVD

A book can provide lots of information but nothing gives you a better idea of what a place is really like than a DVD. Click here for details of the DVD which supplements the book perfectly.