Texas

Texas is the 2nd largest state in the United States behind Alaska.Its capital is Austin and its largest city is Houston.Texas is also home to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival,one of the top birding festivals in the country.The Rio Grande Valley is one of the top birding spots in the country because of the vast number of specialty birds it hosts and because,on occasion,some birds from Mexico end up heading north of the border.At least 12 species of birds have been introduced to the state and now reproduce freely throughout Texas.Texas has the biggest diversity of bird life than any other state in the country with over 590 species on its bird list.The Makkari High School YBS comes to Texas every November to participate in The Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and have side trips to Guadalupe Mountains and to Big Bend National Park.

Some known places in Texas used in the book

 * San AntonioTh-1458450319.jpg
 * Houston
 * Dallas
 * Austin
 * El Paso
 * Corpus ChristiTh-1458450840.jpg
 * McAllen
 * Brownsville
 * High Island
 * Galveston
 * Sam Houston National Forest
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 * Bolivar Flats
 * Estero Llano Grande State ParkTh-1458450372.jpg
 * Calhoun County
 * Big Bend National Park
 * Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
 * Padre Island National Seashore
 * Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
 * Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
 * Salineno
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 * Falcon Dam
 * San Ygnacio

Specialty species to find in Texas

 * Altamira Oriole
 * Aplomado Falcon
 * Audubon's Oriole
 * Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
 * Black-crested Titmouse
 * Blue Bunting
 * Botteri's Sparrow
 * Bronzed Cowbird
 * Brown Jay
 * Brown-crested Flycatcher
 * Buff-bellied Hummingbird
 * Clay-colored Robin
 * Couch's Kingbird
 * Crested Caracara
 * Elf Owl
 * Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
 * Gray Hawk
 * Great Kiskadee
 * Green Jay
 * Green Kingfisher
 * Green Parakeet
 * Groove-billed Ani
 * Golden-fronted Woodpecker
 * Harris's Hawk
 * Hook-billed Kite
 * Least Grebe
 * Long-billed Thrasher
 * Masked Duck
 * Mottled Duck
 * Neotropic Cormorant
 * Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
 * Northern Jacana
 * Olive Sparrow
 * Pauraque
 * Plain Chachalaca
 * Reddish Egret
 * Red-billed Pigeon
 * Red-crowned Parrot
 * Ringed Kingfisher
 * Roadside Hawk
 * Tamaulipas Crow
 * Tropical Kingbird
 * Tropical Parula
 * White-tipped Dove
 * White-tailed Hawk
 * White-tailed Kite
 * White-collared Seedeater