Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Presents: Birding the Border 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024 to Sunday, May 5, 2024
Welcome Social: Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 6:30 p.m.
Host City: Del Rio, TX
Join us for Birding the Border 4 in the borderlands of southwest Texas for a unique educational birding experience! Upon arrival, you will learn about the area and expected species while enjoying a wonderful welcome social on Thursday, May 2nd at 6:30 p.m. The Photography Track at Birding the Border features 3 beautiful sites with a combination of blinds and walking trails, resulting in a wide variety of birds and photography opportunities! Participants should know how to use the basic settings on their cameras; however, your guide will be able to help you advance your skills. Photography-focused trips will include more sitting and waiting at birding hot spots and in blinds while still incorporating the opportunity to explore and take pictures of birds throughout the landscape.
You will travel with your guide, Sarah Hoskins travel through the Edwards Plateau, South Texas Brush, and unique habitats of the Del Rio area to find target species such as golden-cheeked warbler, black-capped vireo, Morelet’s seedeater, black-tailed gnatcatcher, and all three species of kingfisher that occur in North America.
The scheduled trips for the photography track include: McKenna Ranch, Kickapoo Caverns State Park, Transition Ranch.Participants who select the photography track will stay together for the entirety of the program and do not need to register for trips individually or purchase a Birding the Border Registration pass.
Schedule:
5 – 6:30 AM: Depart for birding trips (depending on distance to site)
1 – 2 PM: Return host location from birding trips
3 – 5:30 PM: Trade Show open (Thursday & Firday)
2:30 – 4:30 PM: Birding with Extension Seminars
6:30 PM: Evening Activities Start (Excludes Birds, Bats and Owls Benefit Dinner on Friday)
*Schedule & locations are subject to change based upon landowners, birds, and weather.
*Trips must have a minimum number of 8 participants registered. If a minimum of 8 participants is not met, participants will be reassigned to a trip with a similar habitat and similar target birds. Photography-focused trips must have a minimum of 5 participants. Participants will not be refunded or charged the cost difference if minimum number is not met and participants are reassigned.