Harlingen is known worldwide as a tropical birder's paradise
because of its location on the convergence of two major flyways.
Pick up a free birding guide and checklist at the Harlingen Area
Chamber of Commerce and see how many species you can identify. The
city has several sites on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail
co-sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the
Texas Department of Transportation, including the Ramsey Nature
Park and Harlingen Thicket Bird Sanctuary, a 40-acre tract of
native brush in the city center.