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High Island Migration tours
Upper Texas Coast
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South Texas: Birding the Border
South Texas Birds & Butterflies

The golden-bellied kiskadees, emerald-coated Green Kingfishers, and resplendent Green Jays may suggest the tropics, but a mere day’s drive along the Gulf Coast brings you into the realm of Loggerhead Shrikes, Swainson’s Warblers, White-tailed Hawks, and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Welcome to Texas, a birder’s dream come true! From the juniper-covered Edwards Plateau harboring the enigmatic Golden-cheeked Warbler, to the Upper Texas Coast’s spring migration sensation, to the banks of the rarity-spawning Rio Grande, Texas is an absolute avian wonderland. 

Spring migration on the Upper Texas Coast is legendary. Shorebirds, gulls, and terns erupt from the south, filling the shorelines and farmlands, and neotropical passerines swarm and crowd patches of woodlands in what is surely one of the most astounding spectacles of spring migration in America. South Texas delights with a tantalizing taste of the tropics as White-collared Seedeaters, Ringed Kingfishers, Buff-bellied Hummingbirds, and Olive Sparrows skirt over the border just far enough to hit the lists of elated stateside birders. West Texas surrenders even more enchantment in the form of Colima Warbler and the smart-looking Black-capped Vireo.

In 2008, we began offering short migration breaks on the Upper Texas Coast. All of our migration trips, short or long, will be running with the most up-to-date information on fallouts and rarities as a result of our new Birders' Information Center, located at High Island.