- Spring Migration on Gulf Coast
- 2 Different Pre-Trips, 1 Post Trip
- 6 EXCLUSIVE Full-Day Trips
- 3 Half-Day Trips, morning/afternoon
- 4 U-Drive Trips
- Guided Bird Walks
- TARGET BIRDS Online @ WWW.BIRDIESTFESTIVAL.ORG
- Workshops / Presentations
- Exhibitor Tent
- Jonathan Wood Raptor Project
- Silent Auction / Raffle Drawings
- Southern Welcome Texas BBQ
Live Music, Cash Bar - Family Day, Art Market
- TIME’S FLYING!
Popular TEXAS WELCOME BBQ, with live music and cash bar, meeting
fellow birders, guides, festival leadership. Wednesday, April 22.
● Interactive RAPTOR PROJECT presentations, with owner/trainer Jonathan Wood. (Daily)
● FAMILY DAY & ART MARKET, local artisan booths. Saturday, April 25.
● A mix of FOOD TRUCKS on site daily. Plus NUMEROUS LOCAL RESTAURANTS just over the Oso Creek bridge: on S. Staples; east of Staples on Yorktown; east & west of Staples on Saratoga.
● Enjoyable sightseeing, exploration of festival headquarters SOUTH TEXAS
BOTANICAL GARDENS & NATURE CENTER’S conservatories, gardens, trails,
wetland boardwalk, natural wetlands, exotic parrots, Resident Reptiles,
Nature’s Boutique Gift Shop. Daily 9am-6 pm. (Graphic Below)
GUIDED BOTANICAL GARDENS BIRD WALKS
South Texas Botanical Gardens’ habitat is 182 acres of shrub, grassland, natural
wetlands and pond long ago named ‘Gator Lake;’ now including upland gardens, conservatories and structures. Two major trails traverse this diverse ecosystem supporting a wide variety of wildlife, plants, birds, fish and up-close look at everchanging wetlands. The Bird Tower offers a “birds-eye” view of Gator Lake. Cross the Wetland Boardwalk for a longer hike along the newly hard-surfaced Oso Loop trail.
This outdoor venue contains a multitude of birding opportunities in a prime migration corridor. Look for vibrant small birds–warblers, vireos, orioles, grosbeaks, buntings; and shorebirds along water’s edge. Here is diversity of 19 warbler species, 17 shorebirds, plus ducks, waders, hawks, swallows, flycatchers, Hudsonian Godwit, Tropical Kingbird, Baird’s Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope, Gull-billed Tern and Swallow-tailed Kite. On a recent Festival Bird Walk, 92 species were recorded in just three hours!
Take a “deeper” look into our exciting entertainment & Field Trip opportunities on the Birdiest Festival website, 2026 FESTIVAL/Birding Trips.
HTTPS://WWW.BIRDIESTFESTIVAL.ORG
for SCHEDULE, REGISTRATION, DETAILS!
Further questions to veteran Chair Denise, denise@aquariaservicesinc.com
