Welcome to Austin! 

Austin is known for its great outdoors, both within the city limits and in the nearby rural Texas Hill Country.

Austin is a city that cares deeply about its natural spaces, and that includes the wildlife that calls those spaces home. Austin city council and residents readily support initiatives geared toward protecting birds, and have already enacted permanent Lights Out and World Migratory Bird Day resolutions to protect migrating birds. Birders flock to Austin to enjoy its fantastic birding spots, including internationally renowned Hornsby Bend, a city bio-solids management plant.

Notable Birding Trails, Parks, Locations etc.
Hornsby Bend
Address: 2210 FM973, Austin, TX 78725
Website
eBird Hotspot

Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park
Address: 614 N Commons Ford Rd, Austin, TX 78733
Website
eBird Hotspot

Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park
Location: 400 Grove Boulevard, Austin, TX 78741
Website
eBird Hotspot

More info on birding in Austin can be found on this Visit Austin page.

Partners who helped make BCT possible:
Travis Audubon, Austin Parks and Recreation Department, Austin Water, Austin Watershed Protection, City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability, Travis County Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin Chapter of the Native Plant Society, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin Parks Foundation, El Ranchito at Shield Ranch, Hill Country Alliance, Austin Parks Foundation