Speaker:

Tiffany KERSTEN
Professional Bird Guide,
Nature Ninja Birding Tours
Keynote Speaker

Laura KEENE
Laurel Canyon Ranch community preserve
Guest Speaker

Fabiola BAEZA-TARIN
Research Assistant
Archbold Biological Station
Guest Speaker

Warm South Texas hospitality, a dynamic city that bridges two cultures, and, of course, birds!

In Laredo, you will have unprecedented access to view the Seedeater and other avian beauties. We are a small festival, so there is ample opportunity for discovery. You never know what you are going to find. Birding enthusiasts describe Laredo as the only place in the U.S. to have boasted four species of Kingfisher: the Ringed, Belted, Green and Amazon.

Our growing birding festival provides birders the opportunity to work closely with professional field guides, and to explore the depth of Laredo’s natural beauty. Carefully selected public green spaces and private ranchland will provide visitors the chance to visit sites that have never been birded. The Laredo Birding Festival includes professionally guided field trips, a chance to catch our local green parakeets in action at St. Peter's Plaza in the afternoon, and special talks in the evenings.

We will again offer festival favorites -- such as "Bird 'til you Drop--Zapata County", "Bird 'til you Drop--Webb County", and two different kayak trips, "Floating Under Flyways I & II: Birding on the Rio Grande".

Enjoy a diverse selection of scenic getaways that can be explored during the three-day Laredo Birding Festival. For those who have already birded Laredo, or will make this their first visit - welcome to our Gateway City!

Date: February 1 - 4, 2022

Time: 9am

Location: Laredo, TX

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