Birding in Big Bend National Park

Birding in the mountain woodlands of the Chisos Basin

Big Bend National Park offers spectacular birding anytime of the year.  The diversity of the landscape--river, desert, mountain woodlands--provides a home for 450 species of birds, more than any other national park.  Want to find some great locations for birding?  Check out the Big Bend loop on the Far West Texas Wildlife Trail--a joint project of Texas Mountain Trail and Texas Parks and Wildlife. 

Here's a link to the Big Bend loop, with 12 sites for birding and wildlife watching.  Site 42 is pictured above, and site 44 is below.

Boardwalk at Rio Grande Village

 

Historical Map of the Region: original murals in Alpine's Museum of the Big Bend

Original mural map still on display in the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, on the campus of Sul Ross State University.  From the Museum's website:

"In 1926 the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society was founded for the purpose of creating a museum for the Big Bend region. With funding from the Texas Centennial Commission and the WPA, the Museum was constructed in 1937. 

In 2006 the structure was completely renovated and new exhibits designed and installed. Located in the Emmett and Miriam McCoy building, the Museum opened in August 2007 and is the only native rock structure left on the Sul Ross State University campus" 

The Museum does hold an extrordinary collection of maps, the Yana and Marty Davis Map Collection.   View selections of the collection here.