The Great Texas Birding Classic is celebrating 30 years of birding, conservation, and friendly competition, and you are invited to be part of this milestone event – pick your date or dates between April 15 and May 15. Organized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Birding Classic offers several tournament categories for all ages, abilities, and experience levels of birders to participate. You can choose to be birding in your yard, at a favorite state park, or during an all-out statewide adventure.
Registration is open until April 1st for the 30th Annual Birding Classic that features all the favorite tournament categories, plus a new 2-person Team option called the Lone Star Duo Tournament. Held each spring during peak migration, this exceptional birding event challenges teams to find and identify as many bird species as possible, all while teams raise critical funds for bird conservation and habitat projects across Texas. To learn more, you can refer directly to The Great Texas Birding Classic — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Last year, the 2025 Great Texas Birding Classic included 226 teams made up of more than 1,300 birders who participated in Texas in the varied tournament categories. Final results were announced at the June 7 Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Audubon Texas, and the winning teams selected worthy bird conservation and birding projects that were funded in the amount of $60,000! Celebrate 30 Years of the Great Texas Birding Classic, and be a part of the biggest, wildest birding tournament – and have fun!