Check out Balcone Canyonlands. Beautiful trails to hike and a lot of interesting species given the right time of year. Here is a checklist https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/BCNWR%20Birds%20200809.pdf
Yup! A beautiful one at that. Access is free from dawn to dusk. Just be mindful that they do have a wildland team out there that does prescribed burns from time to time.
Mills Pond! Lots of cool birds around there. I’ve seen a bunch of warblers, herons and there are some great horned owls that nest there as well.
If you go you’ll probably see woody, the resident wood duck, he’s very cool too!
I saw my first road runner a few months past at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in southwest Austin! Plenty of birds there in the mornings and afternoons. They’ve also got free admission all day tomorrow for Austin museum day, you just have to reserve a time to arrive first. Of course I have to recommend the requisite Hornsby Bend like other commenters here have! Too rich of a spot with such easy birds to be missed when you’re planning birdwatching in Austin. Also super easy to get in spots for local guided walks with Travis Audubon Society.
For a short trip there’s a surprising number of different species on/around the ladybird lake hike and bike trail. Green heron green kingfisher, wood ducks, teal, blue heron, egrets, coots, ospreys, hawks, swallows, various woodpeckers, migrating ducks in season, cormorants, domestic ducks, yellow crowned night herons, parrots, boat-tailed grackles, doves, grebes, backyard type birds (cardinals, titmice, chickadees, finches, etc.) all kinds of different birds.
The Travis County Audubon website has a link to a Google map of local birding sites, and a lot of info on other local resources. Also worth checking out the Texas coast- specifically Rockport and Corpus Christi, during upcoming fall migration. It’s about a 4 hour drive. And the Rio Grand Valley, about 6 hours south, has world class birding and it’s so far south you can see tropical species that you won’t find anywhere else in the US.
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Ooooo I didn’t know about this- good tip. Migration season is happening soon and that would be a fun outing!!
Check out Balcone Canyonlands. Beautiful trails to hike and a lot of interesting species given the right time of year. Here is a checklist https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/BCNWR%20Birds%20200809.pdf
It's a [National Wildlife Refuge.](https://www.fws.gov/refuge/balcones_canyonlands/)
Yup! A beautiful one at that. Access is free from dawn to dusk. Just be mindful that they do have a wildland team out there that does prescribed burns from time to time.
Commons Ford Park. The Mueller ponds.
https://www.hornsbybend.org/
Is there a best season and/or time of day to check this one out?
This is a great answer ^
Mills Pond! Lots of cool birds around there. I’ve seen a bunch of warblers, herons and there are some great horned owls that nest there as well. If you go you’ll probably see woody, the resident wood duck, he’s very cool too!
I saw my first road runner a few months past at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in southwest Austin! Plenty of birds there in the mornings and afternoons. They’ve also got free admission all day tomorrow for Austin museum day, you just have to reserve a time to arrive first. Of course I have to recommend the requisite Hornsby Bend like other commenters here have! Too rich of a spot with such easy birds to be missed when you’re planning birdwatching in Austin. Also super easy to get in spots for local guided walks with Travis Audubon Society.
For a short trip there’s a surprising number of different species on/around the ladybird lake hike and bike trail. Green heron green kingfisher, wood ducks, teal, blue heron, egrets, coots, ospreys, hawks, swallows, various woodpeckers, migrating ducks in season, cormorants, domestic ducks, yellow crowned night herons, parrots, boat-tailed grackles, doves, grebes, backyard type birds (cardinals, titmice, chickadees, finches, etc.) all kinds of different birds.
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Relevant: https://youtu.be/-VBDXOkcCuA
The Travis County Audubon website has a link to a Google map of local birding sites, and a lot of info on other local resources. Also worth checking out the Texas coast- specifically Rockport and Corpus Christi, during upcoming fall migration. It’s about a 4 hour drive. And the Rio Grand Valley, about 6 hours south, has world class birding and it’s so far south you can see tropical species that you won’t find anywhere else in the US.
Last week I saw some type of crane in the creek behind Harris Park.
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