Frontera Audubon Center, Weslaco, TX, USA
N 26° 08.876 W 097° 59.386
14R E 600978 N 2892458
A prime birding location in the Rio Grande Valley
Waymark Code: WM91T1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2010
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Frontera Audubon Center is a 15-acre tract located within the city limits of Weslaco, TX. Frontera Audubon is a non profit organization that maintains this tract as an area of native plants. They have created a wetland area within the tract and many trails through the tract to provide the visitor with the finest experience of nature and biodiversity.
Lesser Goldfinches, Green Parakeets, Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks and other native birds raise their young here. Red-crowned Parrots, Plain Chachalacas and many species of warblers are seen within the tract and the area surrounding it. Anhinga and several species of Herons fish the ponds.
Frontera Audubon Center is Site LTC 058 on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. It is located at 1101 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, TX
Park Name: Frontera Audubon
Sponsoring Organization: Frontera Audubon
Handicap Accessible?: Yes
Website: [Web Link]
Entrance Fee: 5.00 (listed in local currency)
List any Hides, Birding Towers, or other structures to assist in Birdwatching found at the location:
Hides, Feeding Stations, Photo blinds.
Parking Coordinates: N 26° 08.888 W 097° 59.380
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