If you love birds, Texas is the place to be. Our state is home to at least 671 species, in part because of its vast and varied terrain. Birders travel from across the nation to seek out the vibrant green jay and its tropical brethren in the Rio Grande Valley, watch huge flocks of sandhill cranes alight in the Panhandle, and admire purple gallinules stalking through the marsh near Corpus Christi. And you don’t have to go it alone: Those who are new to the hobby may not know that there’s a wide world of birding festivals to discover, too. Typically lasting for a weekend, and often timed to coincide with a particular species’s migration, these events welcome all comers and offer a mix of guided…
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