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Resources
People have been recording bird sightings in the Texas Panhandle for over a century. From the Christmas Bird Count records, to Kenneth Seyffert's book "Birds of the Texas Panhandle", to eBird lists, reports from citizen scientists have made it possible to predict what birds can be expected to be seen in our area, approximate dates that birds will migrate through the Panhandle, which birds are common and which are rare, and other data. Birders have been generously sharing this information with each other informally, but one of the purposes of the Bird Club is to make sure that every birder has these resources at their fingertips.
Links to Birding Resources
eBird gathers data on bird sightings all over the world in the form of checklists of birds filed by people just like you. They archive it, and freely share it to power new data-driven approaches to science, conservation and education.
Amarillo College has offered a continuing education class for birders since Spring Semester 2023. The next time it will be offered is in Fall Semester 2025. Taught by five birders and photographers, the class has been educational and a lot of fun for the participants.
There is a chapter of the Audubon Society in the Texas Panhandle. The group does not meet regularly, but it does occasionally sponsor a birding trip or a speaker.
Vicki Wilmarth has a website chronicling her journey as a birder since 2019. She is an award-winning bird photographer and her website features many of her photos taken in the Texas Panhandle. She also provides lots of informaiton about where to bird in our area.
Bird of the Texas Panhandle Facebook
Over 3500 people are members of the private Facebook page, Birds of the Texas Panhandle. The FB page is the most up to the minute source for information, announcements and photos of birds spotted in our area.
Cornell University, the leading ornithology university in the world, provides lots of fun facts, beautiful photos and identification tips for bird species on this website.
This guide to Birds of the Texas Panhandle is arranged by quadrant, season and frequency. Use slider to see all 8 pages. Because of file size, this is best viewed on a computer rather than a mobile device.
