Welcome to Texas Birder — Everything a Texas Birder Needs — Your Home for Birding in Texas

Texas Birder is where bird lovers, nature enthusiasts, and curious newcomers gather to celebrate everything about birdwatching in the Lone Star State. Whether you’re chasing rare migrants, identifying backyard birds, or just starting your birding journey, you’ve found your flock.

*** NOTE: We have just rebuilt the site and are now adding features – this will soon be an outstanding resource for Texas Birders. MORE COMING EVERY WEEK! ***

Discover Texas Birds with  Easy-to-Use Bird ID Guide

Our COMING SOON Texas Bird Identification Guide helps you quickly and easily identify birds across Texas. From backyard favorites to rare migrants, we’re building a comprehensive guide for birders of all skill levels. Check back often as we add more species, photos, and helpful ID tips to make birdwatching fun and easy.

Join Texas Birding Trips and Explore Birding Hotspots

Birding is better together. Join our Texas Birder Field Trips to explore top birding locations.

Our guided birding trips are perfect for birders of all levels — meet new friends, learn skills, and discover amazing birding spots.

Stay Connected with the Texas Birder Event Calendar

BIG CHANGES COMING TO OUR EVENTS CALENDAR – Our Texas Birding Events Calendar keeps you informed about everything birding-related in Texas.

Never miss a birding event — stay in the loop.

Read, Learn, and Laugh with Texas Birder Blogs

Our Birding Blogs offer tips, stories, and expert advice on birdwatching techniques, bird ID and gear reviews, bird seed and feeding tips, photography tutorials, field trip recaps, Texas birding stories, AND MUCH MORE.

Whether you’re here to learn or just enjoy the fun side of birding, we have something for everyone.

Join the Flock — Start Your Texas Birding Adventure

Whether you’re a seasoned birder, backyard birdwatcher, or beginner, Texas Birder is your friendly resource for everything birding in Texas. Join our trips, improve your photography, and experience the beauty of birds across Texas.

Because here at Texas Birder, we believe birding should be fun, friendly, and just a little quirky — just like our feathered friends.

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Birding Posts

Hummingbirds Have Disappeared - Texas Birder Blogs - Michael Mathews
2 min read

Every year, like clockwork, we enter a very special season in the birding world. No, not migration. Not nesting. I’m talking about the Season of...

Best places to bird in Texas in June - Bird with Texas Birder
3 min read

Let’s be honest—birding in Texas during June requires a little dedication, a decent amount of water, and a borderline concerning relationship with your bug spray....

Where to Bird Near Austin, Texas - Texas Birder locations. Bird IDs, Birding gear, Texas Bird Identification
4 min read

Before you grab your binocs and chase that next lifer, just a quick note: this list highlights some of the most popular birding locations in...

Blue-winged Warbler at Sabine Woods, Spring Migration with TexasBirder.com
3 min read

When the birds are cheerful, but the humans need a snack. Spring Migration at High Island and Sabine Woods: Where the Birds Are Plentiful and...

Birding at High Island Bird Sanctuaries and Sabine Woods - with TexasBirder.com
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(Header photo is a Prothonotary Warbler at Sabine Woods) Every spring, like clockwork and magic combined, the Texas Gulf Coast transforms into a living tapestry...

Birdbrain Brian's Blog: Brian Sanders
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Welcome to the new home of Birdbrain Brian’s Blog. Here, you’ll find a delightful collection of drawings and insightful notes on bird observations, all sprinkled...

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Almost every bird photographer has that bird. The one that dances just out of reach. The one that mocks you from the shadows. The one...