National, State and Private Parks
Amistad National Recreation Area
4121 Veterans Blvd, Del Rio, TX 78840
830-775-7491 www.nps.gov/amis
Balcones Cantonlands National Wildlife Refuge
10711 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758
512-339-9433 www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/balcones/index.htm
Canyon Lake Parks
601 COE Rd, Canyon Lake, TX 76513
830-964-3341 www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/canyon/Recreation/index.asp
Chalk Bluff Park
1108 Chalk Bluff Rd, Uvalde, TX 78801
830-278-5515 www.chalkbluff.com
Devil's River State Natural Area
HC 01/Box 513, Del Rio, TX 78840
830-395-2133 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/devils_river
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
16710 Ranch Rd 965, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
325-247-3903 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock
Garner State Park
HCR #70, Concan, TX 78838
830-232-6132 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/garner
Guadalupe River State Park
3350 Park Rd 31, Spring Branch, TX 78070
830-438-2656 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/guadalupe_river
Hill Country State Natural Area
10600 Bandera Creek Rd, Bandera, TX 78003
830-796-4413 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/hill_country
Honey Creek State Natural Area
3350 Park Rd 31, Spring Branch, TX 78070
830-438-2656 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/honey_creek
Inks Lake State Park
3630 Park Rd 4 West, Burnet, TX 78611
512-793-2223 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/inks
Kickapoo Cavern State Park
PO Box 705, Brackettville, TX 78832
830-563-2342 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/kickapoo_cavern
Lost Maples State Natural Area
37221 FM 187, Vanderpool, TX 78885
830-966-3413 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lost_maples
Perdenales Falls State Park
2585 Park Rd 6026, Johnson City, TX 78636
830-868-7304 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/pedernales_falls
South Llano River State Park
1927 Park Rd 73, Junction, TX 76849
325-446-3994 www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/south_llano_river
Ranches, B&B's, Cabins
Bamberger Ranch Preserve
2341 Blue Ridge Dr, Johnson City, TX 78636
830-868-2630 www.bambergerranch.org/about
Bluebird Hill B&B
HWY 1050, Utopia, TX 78884
830-966-2320 www.friolodging.com/bluebird
Quiet Hill Ranch
110 Quiet Hill Ranch Rd, Doss, TX 78618
800-544-2253 http://www.quiethillranch.com/birding.htm
Red Creek Nature Ranch
PO Box 434, Junction, TX 76849
325-475-2901 www.redcreeknatureranch.com/birding.htm
Stony Ridge Ranch
PO Box 357, Hondo, TX 78861
830-562-3542 www.stonyridgeranch.com/birding.htm
Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Nature Park
HWY 2341, Burnet, TX 78611
800-977-0081 www.canyonoftheeagles.com
Guide Service
Hill Country Adventures
830-966-2320 www.hillcountryadventures.com/Birding%20&%20Nature.htm
Books on Texas Birds
Gentling, Stuart and Scott Gentling, Of Birds and Texas
University of Texas Press, 2001, ISBN: 978-0-292-72834-9
Lockwood, Mark W., Basic Texas Birds
University of Texas Press, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-292-71349-9
Lockwood, Mark W., Birds of the Texas Hill Country
University of Texas Press, 2001, ISBN: 978-0-292-74726-5
O'Neill, John P., Great Texas Birds
University of Texas Press, 1999, ISBN: 978-0-292-76053-0
Peterson, Jim and Barry R. Zimmer, Birds of the Trans-Pecos
University of Texas Press, 1998, ISBN: 978-0-292-76584-9
Rylander, Kent, The Behavior of Texas Birds
University of Texas Press, 2002, ISBN: 978-0-292-77120-8
Alsop, Fred, Smithsonian Handbook: Birds of Texas
DK Publishing , 2001, ISBN: 978-0-789-47157-4
Peterson, Roger Tory, A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: and Adjacent States
Houghton Mifflin, 1998, ISBN: 978-0-395-92138-8
Alderfer, Jonathan, National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Texas
National Geographic Society, 2006, ISBN: 978-0-792-25313-6
Kavanagh, James, Texas Birds
Waterford Press, 2001, ISBN: 978-1-583-55169-1
Bird Checklist
Lost Maples
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4507_0074a.pdf
South Llano State Park
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4507_0116a.pdf
Edwards Plateau
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0667.pdf
Chihuahuan Desert
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0809.pdf
Comal County
www.warblerwoods.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2005/11/ComalChecklist.pdf
Organizations
Texas Omitological Society
6338 N New Braunfels Ave, PMB #189, San Antonio, TX 78209
www.texasbirds.org/
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY, 14850
800-843-2473 www.birds.cornell.edu
National Audubon Society
700 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003
212-979-3000 www.audubon.org
American Birding Association
4945 N 30th St./Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
800-850-2473 www.americanbirding.org
Inland Bird Banding Association
PO Box 293, Kempner, TX 76539
318-797-5236 www.aves.net/InlandBBA
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