The annual The Birdiest Festival in America features field trips throughout South Texas for some of the best bird sightings in the country. Corpus Christi is the heart of the Coastal Bend of Texas, a region on the bucket list of most birders.

Schedule:
Morning Field Trip Departures

5:30am: Trip King Ranch Norias Division Field Trip led by Tom Langschied
6:00am: Trip Lake Choke Canyon State Park
6:00am: Trip Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area
6:30am: Trip Knolle Jersey Farms River Pasture
7:00am: Trip Chasing Warblers and Other Migrants
8:00am: Bird Walk South Texas Botanical Gardens
8:00am: Bird Walk Goose Island State Park
12:00pm: Registration and  Vendor Tent Open
12:30pm: Presentation “Native Plants for the Birds” by Kris Kirkwood
1:00pm: The Raptor Project with Jonathan Wood
2:00pm: Presentation “The Resilient Whooping Crane: Challenges to Recovery” by Dr. Liz Smith
4:00pm: The Raptor Project with Jonathan Wood
6:00pm: Reception with Cash Bar and light Hors d’oeuvre At Holiday Inn Emerald Beach

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