Programs

For details on the programs at each of the nine World Birding Center sites, please click on the site name below.

• Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission (Headquarters)
• Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
• Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco
• Harlingen Arroyo Colorado
• Old Hidalgo Pumphouse, Hidalgo
• Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen
• Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville
• Roma Bluffs
• South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center

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2007-2008 Events

NABA July Butterfly Counts
July 14, 2007 - Bentsen-RGV State Park and NABA International Butterfly Park
July 15, 2007 - Santa Ana NWR and Weslaco vicinity
July 23, 2007 - Laguna Atascosa NWR and vicinity
http://www.naba.org/counts/tx_g.html

Bentsen Perseid Party (meteor shower observation)
August 13, 2007
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

The Big Sit!
Nationwide - Sunday - October 14, 2007
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx

Texas Butterfly Festival
October 18-21, 2007
http://www.texasbutterfly.com/

Wild in Willacy
October 26-27, 2007
http://www.wildinwillacy.com/

El Cielo Butterfly Festival (Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
October 31 - November 4, 2007
http://www.elcielofestival.com/id22.html

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
November 7-11, 2007
http://www.rgvbirdfest.com/

South Texas Wildlife and Birding Festival (Kingsville)
November 16-19, 2007
http://www.kingsvilletexas.com/

Christmas Bird Count
Nationwide - December 14, 2007 through January 5, 2008
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/getinvolved.html
Valley sites participating include Bentsen-RGV State Park, Estero Llano Grande SP, Santa Ana NWR, Laguna Atascosa NWR, and count circles for Brownsville, Harlingen, Falcon, Laredo, the salt lakes, and the coastal tip, plus at least four count circles in neighboring Tamaulipas, Mexico

Laredo Birding and Butterfly Festival
February 7-10, 2008
http://www.visitlaredo.com/

4th International Partners in Flight meeting
February 13-16, 2008
http://www.partnersinflight.org/events/mcallen/

Brownsville International Birding and Nature Festival
February 14-16, 2008
http://www.brownsville.org/2006BirdFest/

Great Backyard Bird Count
Nationwide - February 15-18, 2008
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

El Cielo Nature Festival (Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
February 28 - March 2, 2008
http://www.elcielofestival.com/id25.html

Texas Tropics Nature Festival
March 27-30, 2008
http://www.mcallenchamber.com/visitors/naturefest/

Great Texas Birding Classic
April 27 - May 4, 2008
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/gtbc/

Hummingbird Days
May 2008
http://www.quintamazatlan.com/events.htm

International Migratory Bird Day
May 10, 2008
http://www.birdday.org/

Dragonfly Days
May 15-18, 2008
Estero Llano Grande State Park

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