Central Texas · Austin & the Hill Country
Find the birds
you came to Texas for.
Private, small-group birding tours led by Bryan Cotter — the 10th person in history to record 500 species in Texas, and holder of the Travis County Big Year record.
Golden-cheeked Warbler & Black-capped Vireo
The Austin Hill Country is the only place on Earth where you can see both of these endemics in one morning — the Golden-cheeked Warbler nests nowhere else in the world. I know the songs, the sites and the timing to get you on them.
Where we go
From my home turf around Austin to the legendary hotspots across the state — pick a destination, or tell me your target birds and I’ll build the trip.
Austin & the Hill Country
Golden-cheeked Warbler, Black-capped Vireo, Painted Bunting, Hornsby Bend, Reimer’s Ranch and more.
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas specialties — Green Jays, kiskadees, chachalacas — found nowhere else in the US.
Galveston & the Coast
Spring migration, High Island fallouts, shorebirds and Gulf Coast specialties.
West Texas
Big Bend and the Davis Mountains — desert and montane birds you won’t find anywhere else.
North Texas
Panhandle grasslands, playa lakes, raptors and prairie species around Lubbock.
Custom & private tours
Your target birds, your dates, your pace — half-day, full-day or multi-day anywhere in Texas.
From the field
A few of the birds we’ve found together — every one photographed here in Texas.
Why book with me
I hold the Travis County Big Year record and know Central Texas birds better than anywhere — this is home.
First-timer or lister, I tailor the day to you — and send a full trip report with your bird list afterward.
I can put you on water birds from my boat for angles and photos you can’t get from shore.
Want both? We can bird and bass fish the same trip — a favorite with my regulars.
Let’s go birding
Tell me your target birds and dates and I’ll build the trip. Half-day tours start at $250 for two.
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