Places to Visit
Birding Links
Fat Birder - Linking Birders Worldwide. A premier web resource about birds, birding & birdwatching for birders - hundreds of pages & tens of thousands of links about birding everywhere in the world a page for every country and many states.
Texas Gulf Coast Birding and Naturalist Web - "For those interested in birds, butterflies, wildflowers and/or environmental conservation in Texas, we have been compiling articles, checklists, maps and links on this website since 1994!"
The Big Sit - BirdWatcher's Digest page featuring results and contest information
Birds of the Upper Texas Coast - a great resource to help the visiting birder find the birds of the Upper Texas Coast (UTC). The UTC is made up of Harris County, Fort Bend County, Brazoria County, Galveston, Chambers County, and Jefferson County.
The Christmas Bird Count - Audubon's Christmas Bird Count homepage with upcoming dates for count and results from years past
MAP LIST -"the ultimate listing software, covers not just North America, but the whole world! The free demo has a built-in database of hundreds of checklists with seasonal abundance on the map!"
Birding Checklists
Area Bird Checklist - Bird Checklist for Brazoria, San Bernard & Big
Boggy National Wildlife Refuges
Birding and Nature Organizations
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory - "The mission of the GCBO is the study and conservation of birds and their habitat in and around the Gulf of Mexico"
Gulf Coast Wildlife Rescue - informational site on what to do if you find an injured animal and ways to donate.
Birding & Nature Festivals
Area Information