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The Great Texas Birding Classic is the biggest, longest, wildest birdwatching tournament in the United States!
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Created and organized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, this friendly birding for conservation event that happens annually, 4/15-5/15. The Birding Classic is held each year from April 15 - May 15 to coincide with the spectacular spring bird migration in Texas. During the tournament, teams vie to see who can spot and record the most bird species in a given time period. The adult teams wit

h the highest species counts win the privilege of choosing the conservation projects that will be awarded Conservation Grants. The event sponsors for 2023 include Texas Ornithological Society, Toyota, and Swarovski Optik N.A., as well as awards ceremony sponsor, Audubon Texas.

06/08/2026

So looking forward to this Saturday’s Awards Ceremony! Whether you’re joining us in person or virtually, it’s sure to be a good time. In addition to our regular awards, there will be a few fun new prizes as well. See you there!

06/03/2026

All teams should have received an Awards Ceremony email three times by now (snippet below of part of the one that went out today). If you haven’t received an email yet, please reach out directly so we can send you the info. Hope to see you on the 13th!

05/19/2026

05/15/2026

Jumping for joy on the final day of the Great Texas Birding Classic! Good luck to all the teams out doing their run (or bike or sit) today.

Photo: Tweeting Chats doing their Heart of Texas East Big Sit! today.

05/09/2026

Happy World Migratory Bird Day!
And to all our teams out today, hope the birding is great!

04/15/2026

Important tournament info email went out yesterday morning - please reach out if you/your team captain didn't receive it!

04/13/2026

1,600+ shirts are heading out this week to teams across the state—and even a few beyond Texas!

If you registered, keep an eye out for your team packet! Inside you’ll find your shirts plus some very special 30th anniversary surprises we can’t wait for you to see.

Shipping Note:
• Intact team shirts were sent to team captains
• Dispersed flock team shirts were mailed to individual team members when addresses were provided, and to team captains otherwise

We can’t wait to hear what you think when they arrive!

04/01/2026

2026 TEAMS: A welcome email has gone out to all registered teams received through 7pm tonight (I'll send another out Thursday for teams that come in the final day of registration). If you didn't get a welcome email, your email was either entered incorrectly in the registration form OR you've unsubscribed from all TPWD emails and I wasn't able to add you to the list. I tried to send emails to everyone who has opted out of TPWD emails, letting you know how to opt in for just this year's Birding Classic team email list, so please look for that.

If you DID NOT receive a "Welcome Information: 2026 Birding Classic Teams!" email (check your junk folder as well) and you are the team captain of a team that has entered, please email me to make sure I have your registration and figure out how to get you added to the team email list for tournament updates.

Thanks, all! It's going to be a great one! And there's still 28ish more hours to go to register your team - join the fun!

03/31/2026

One day left to register your team for the Birding Classic! Registration and payment must be received by the end of the day April 1st - no foolin'. Gather your friends and enter today.

More info below in the comments.

Address

4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX
78744

Website

http://www.birdingclassic.org/

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