RGV B&Bs
- Alamo Inn
- Casa Rama
- Casa Santa Ana
- El Rocio Retreat
- Indian Ridge B&B
- Inn at Chachalaca Bend
- Inn at El Canelo
- La Casa Laguna
- Redfish Inn
- Seedeater Inn
- Vieh's B&B
Pictures to enjoy
Audubon’s Oriole, Reid Allen
Cactus, Keith Hackland
Altamira Oriole, Reid Allen
Crimson-collared Grossbeak,
Reid Allen
American Avocet, Robert Benson
Birding, Butterflies & Nature
Cultural & Historical & Fun
Birding, Butterflies, and Nature:
Fortuitously located where the Mississippi and the Central flyways merge, the Rio Grande Valley is proud to have a bird list which boasts about half of ALL of the bird species seen in all of North America! Staggering! Here are some of the best places to see them:
National Wildlife Refuges:
- Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Rio Hondo, TX)
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (headquarted in Alamo, TX)
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (Alamo, TX)
State, County, City, & Private Preserves:
- Adolph Thomae, Jr. County Park (Arroyo City, TX) (GTCBT site:)
- Anzalduas County Park (near Mission, TX) (GTCBT site:)
- Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park (Mission, TX)
- Butterfly Garden of Mission (Mission, TX)
- Falcon Dam Reservoir/Falcon State Recreation Park (Falcon Heights, TX)
- Los Ebanos Preserve (San Benito, TX)
- Sabal Palm Audubon Center & Sanctuary (Brownsville, TX)
- Valley Nature Center (Weslaco, TX)
- World Birding Center (with numerous satellite locations) (Mission, TX)
Butterfly Watching Links:
- North American Butterfly Association - South Texas Chapter
- Texas Butterfly Festival
- TX-Butterfly e-mail list
Birdwatching Links:
- Birding on the net Texas e-mail list
- www.ebird.org
- Rio Grande Valley birding guide
- TexBirds e-mail list
Dragonfly Watching Links:
- www.odonatacentral.com
- www.fermatainc.com/nat_odonates.html
- TexOdes e-mail list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TexOdes/
Cultural & Historical & Fun:
The Rio Grande Valley has fantastic museums and historical sites!
- Brownsville Battlefields (Brownsville, TX)
- Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (Brownsville, TX)
- The Children’s Museum of Brownsville (Brownsville, TX)
- Commemorative Air Force—RGV Museum (Brownsville, TX)
- Gladys Porter Zoo (Brownsville, TX)
- Historic Brownsville Museum (Brownsville, TX)
- International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, TX)
- Museum of South Texas History (Edinburg, TX)
- Port Isabel Historical Museums (Port Isabel, TX)
- Raymondville Historical & Community Center (Raymondville, TX)
- Rio Grande Valley Museum Complex (Harlingen, TX)
