Texas Ornithological Society

The state of Texas offers some of the best birding in the nation, and there are many North American birds that can only be found here. With over 639 species (and counting) Texas has it all: coastline, desert, prairie and yes, even mountains. Use this page to find those birding meccas you have always dreamed of visiting as well as other gems that are not so well known.

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Region 1 - Panhandle

Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Wheeler, Yoakum

Region 2 - North Central

Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

Region 3 - Piney Woods

Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Jasper, Lamar, Liberty, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, Wood

Region 4 - Trans-Pecos

Brewster, Jeff Davis, Crane, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Loving, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler

Region 5 - Edwards Plateau

Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Coke, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hays, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, Reagan, Real, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde

Region 6 - Central Prairie

Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Caldwell, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Dewitt, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hill, Karnes, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Navarro, Robertson, Washington, Williamson, Wilson

Region 7 - Brushlands

Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lasalle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala

Region 8 - Coastal Prairie

Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Jefferson, Matagorda, Victoria, Waller, Wharton