Birdhouse Home Page Sabinal Canyon Bird Habitat The Birdhouse Wildlife The Sabinal Birdhouse        "The Birdhouse has a specially built long room with plate glass windows facing north to the river bank, east, and west. For the convenience of guests are a handicapped bathroom and regular bathroom and well as kitchen facilities. The view of Henry's Bluff with black brush, cenniza, a huge cypress, live oak, milkweed, mountain laurel, native grasses, native walnut, persimmons in the foreground, complement the man-made additions of a bird bath, winding pathways which surround a long fish pond, two arched wooden bridges, rocked areas of native plants, a waterfall, and a deep fire pit for chilly evenings outdoors. In the fish pond are several varieties of water lilies and natural fish species found in the area." Nov.13, 2008 Uvalde Leader News       Uvalde County is the migratory path for many birds. The Sabinal River is one of several rivers running through Uvalde County. At the Sabinal Birdhouse we provide the ability to get up close and personal with the birds. The Birdhouse is located within minutes of Sabinal, Texas and about an hour west of San Antonio.        The site consists of 302 acres of ranch property of which 35 acres are developed into walking trails through brushy pasturage overlooking scenic river bottom.        We welcome all birders, novice birders, serious photographers and everything in between to visit our natural habitat of birds, butterflies and wildlife. For more information, call Karen at 830-988-2215. Bird list for March 14 & 15 2011: White-crowned sparrow Black-chinned hummingbird Nesting Red-tailed hawk Titmouse Canyon Towhee Vermilion flycatcher Housefinch Mourning dove Whitewinged dove Goldenfronted woodpecker Chickadee Black and white warbler Black Vulrure Turkey Vulture Cactus wren Caracara Ash-throated flycatcher Common ground dove Pyrrhuloxia Ruby crowned kinglet Brown-headed cowbird Lincoln's sparrow Eastern phoebe Sharpshinned hawk Verdin Roadrunner Long-billed thrasher Bewicks wren Rock wren Great blue heron

Red bird testing the bath.

Sand cranes feasting in field of cucumbers.

Yellow bird sharing a bath.

Best local birding books by are June Osborne. She's written four books -- The Cardinal, The Ruby-throated Hummingbird, I'd Rather Be Birding and Birder's Guide to Concan, Texas (and Surrounding Area) -- and numerous articles and columns for Wild Birds. Texas Birds Checklists and Identification. Texas Parks and Wildlife Back Yard Birds. University of Texas has Native Plant Information Network. Also Texas Ornithological Society for field trips, publications and maps. © 2009 Sabinal Birdhouse - All rights reserved. - Webmaster www.TexasHillCountryGateway.com member of Sabinal Chamber of Commerce