OTHER BIRDING B&BS OF THE RGV

BIRDING, BUTTERFLIES & NATURE

CULTURAL & HISTORICAL & FUN

LINKS TO AREA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

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OTHER BIRDING B&BS OF THE RGV:

• Birding B&Bs of the Rio Grande Valley

BIRDING, BUTTERFLIES & NATURE:

Fortuitously located where the Mississippi and the Central flyways merge, the Rio Grande Valley is proud to have a bird list which boasts about half of ALL of the bird species seen in all of North America!  Staggering!  Here are some of the best places to see them:

National Wildlife Refuges:

• Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Rio Hondo, TX)

• Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (headquarted in Alamo, TX)

• Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (Alamo, TX)

State, County, City, & Private Preserves:

• Adolph Thomae, Jr. County Park (Arroyo City, TX) (GTCBT site:)

• Anzalduas County Park (near Mission, TX) (GTCBT site:)

• Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park (Mission, TX)

• Butterfly Garden of Mission (Mission, TX)

• Falcon Dam Reservoir/Falcon State Recreation Park (Falcon Heights, TX)

• Los Ebanos Preserve (San Benito, TX)

• Sabal Palm Audubon Center & Sanctuary (Brownsville, TX)

• Valley Nature Center (Weslaco, TX)

• World Birding Center (with numerous satellite locations) (Mission, TX)

CULTURAL & HISTORICAL & FUN:

The Rio Grande Valley has fantastic museums and historical sites!

• Brownsville Battlefields (Brownsville, TX)

Palo Alto Battlefield

Palmito Ranch

• Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (Brownsville, TX)

• The Children’s Museum of Brownsville (Brownsville, TX)

• Commemorative Air Force—RGV Museum (Brownsville, TX)

• Gladys Porter Zoo (Brownsville, TX)

• Historic Brownsville Museum (Brownsville, TX)

• International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, TX)

• Museum of South Texas History (Edinburg, TX)

• Port Isabel Historical Museums (Port Isabel, TX)

• Raymondville Historical & Community Center (Raymondville, TX)

• Rio Grande Valley Museum Complex (Harlingen, TX)

LINKS TO AREA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE:

Our area chambers and information centers are your best source for information on what to do, where to go, and where to stay in the Rio Grande Valley.

• Alamo Chamber of Commerce
• McAllen Chamber of Commerce
• Mission Chamber of Commerce
• Harlingen Chamber of Commerce
• Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
• Raymondville Chamber of Commerce
• Rio Grande City Chamber of Commerce
• Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce
• South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce
• Weslaco Chamber of Commerce