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For my September 2015 column, I headed to Texas’ southernmost county for a lot of birding, some barbacoa, and a little beach time. Like the whole of the Rio Grande Valley, Los Fresnos and its neighboring towns are ideally situated in the middle of the central flyway. Millions of winged creatures, including a number of rare species, flock here, as do the obsessive, binoculared birders they attract, and it’s great fun to observe both amid the winding resacas and lush coastal prairies that dot the region.Sunset at Osprey Point (left) and kayaks on the Laguna Madre (right).SEE + DOWhere the wild things are . . .A whopping 95 percent of the Rio Grande Valley’s native habitat is long gone, having been cleared for farming and…
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For my September 2015 column, I headed to Texas’ southernmost county for a lot of birding, some barbacoa, and a little beach time. Like the whole of the Rio Grande Valley, Los Fresnos and its neighboring towns are ideally situated in the middle of the central flyway. Millions of winged creatures, including a number of rare species, flock here, as do the obsessive, binoculared birders they attract, and it’s great fun to observe both amid the winding resacas and lush coastal prairies that dot the region.Sunset at Osprey Point (left) and kayaks on the Laguna Madre (right).SEE + DOWhere the wild things are . . .A whopping 95 percent of the Rio Grande Valley’s native habitat is long gone, having been cleared for farming and…The post Trip Guide: Los Fresnos appeared first on Texas Monthly.
