Mark & Teri's Travels: World Birding Centers

There are 10 World Birding Centers in the Rio Grande Valley. We visited two of them today with our friends Sharon and Rick.

The first place we stopped at was the Hidalgo Pumphouse. The museum was closed but the grounds were open and we were able to walk around.

The museum grounds have been planted with the types of native trees, shrubs and flowers that attract Valley birds and butterflies.

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The grounds are landscaped with native trees and shrubs.

The Boarder fence runs along the back of the property.

There wasn't a lot to see at the Pumphouse so we drove on to the Edinburg Wetlands World Birding Center. Since it was Sunday, the interpretive center was closed but the grounds were open and we were able to walk around.

In March of 2003, the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands and World Birding Center was the first World Birding Center to open.

The center sits on 40 acres within a city park, near the City of Edinburg. Built on re-claimed farm fields and next to the city's effluent & floodwater ponds.

The entire 40 acres can be accessed by winding paths and waterside observation platforms.