There are numerous places for bird watching in Dallas – Ft. Worth. Here are a few:
1. Cedar Ridge Preserve – 10 miles of trails including ponds. Here is the trail map.
2. Leonhardt Lagoon Nature Walk at Fair Park – while you are surrounded by others enjoying other activities, it is still a great place to check out. The Lagoon is between the Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl.
3. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve – Midway and Parker Roads, West Plano – Map
4. Bob Woodruff Park – 2601 San Gabriel Drive, Plano – Map – Trail is 4.4 miles one way.
5. Breckengridge Park – 3555 Park Vista Road, Richardson. 3.27 miles. Map
6. Cedar Hill State Park – Cedar Hill, TX – 10 miles from Dallas – 1826 acres. Description of trails. Description of the 500 species of birds in the region of Cedar Hill State Park.
7. Connemara Conservancy – Meadow Nature Preserve is not open except for events unless you are a member. Here’s more info.
8. Ft. Worth Nature Center & Refuge – Over 25 miles of hiking trails through prairies, forests and marshes. Map
9. Hagerman National Wildlife Area – hosts up to 30,000 migratory birds – 4-mile auto tour along the lake shoreline. Map
10. Hoblitzelle Park Pavillion – 2 miles one way – Map
11. LBJ Caddo National Grasslands – two maps – Bois d’Arc Unit – Map
12. Plano Outdoor Learning Center – 3100 Shiloh Road, Plano
13. Prairie Creek Park – Richardson – small neighborhood park
14. River Legacy Park – follows the curves of the Trinity River – 1300 acres – 8 miles of paved hike trails – 703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd (at Cooper Street) – Arlington. Map
15. Spring Creek Forest Preserve – 1770 Holford Road, Garland, TX. 1.8 mile trail. Map
16. Spring Creek Natural Area – 4.5 miles of heavily wooded, winding, looping trail at the SE corner of Central Expressway and Renner Road. Map – It’s in Richardson.
17. White Rock Lake – Sunset Bay – 810 E. Lawther Drive, Dallas – in the heart of the city – white pelicans, cormorants and migratory birds. 17.1 miles of trails. Map
18. Village Creek Drying Beds – Arlington – ok it is a sewer pond (no longer used) – migratory birds
Other trails….
| Trail Name | City | Length (miles) |
Review | Trail Maps | Pics |
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| Arbor Hills | Plano | 3.25 | Review | map | pics |
| Oak Point Preserve | Plano | 7.05 | NA | map | |
| Elm Fork Preserve | Carrollton | 1.00 | Review | map | pics |
| Heard Museum | McKinney | 6.25 | NA | map | |
| Cedar Ridge | Cedar Hill | 6.90 | Review | map | pics |
| North Shore Trail | Grapevine | 9.00 | NA | map | |
| Knob Hill Trail | Grapevine | 4.00 | NA | map | |
| Dinosaur Valley | Glen Rose | 12.0 | NA | map | |
| Cedar Hill State Park | Cedar Hill | 14.8 | Review | map | pics |
| Ray Roberts Greenbelt | Pilot Point | 10.0 | NA | map | |
| Cleburne State Park | Cleburne | 5.50 | NA | map | |
| Spring Creek Preserve | Garland | 2.00 | NA | map | |
| LB Houston | Dallas | 7.05 | NA | map | |
| Eisenhower State Park | Denison | 4.50 | NA | map | |
| Cross Timbers Trail | Whitesboro | 14.0 | NA | map | |
| LLELA | Lewisville | 4.0 | NA | map | |
| Marion Sansom Park | Fort Worth | 7.0 | NA | map | pics |
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… Preview: The 1,615-acre Possum Kingdom State Park is situated on the southeastern corner of Possum Kingdom Lake, a 19,800-acre freshwater lake, 65 miles long and with more than 300 miles of shoreline, administ … Related information:… From the guidebook Birding Texas Graham, TX – Birding
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… Preview: Birders are welcome so long as they act responsibly. The area consists of multiple ponds at various stages of operation. Some ponds contain open water (at various depths), while others are little more … Related information:… From the guidebook Birding Texas Dallas, TX – Birding
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… Preview: The Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant has outlived its usefulness to the city and nutrients are no longer being pumped into the drying beds. Therefore, because the only water in the ponds is ra … Related information:… From the guidebook Birding Texas Green Oaks Boulevard, TX – Birding
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… Preview: Waco is a modern city with a population of more than 106,000 situated along the banks of the Brazos River. The area contains several well-known landmarks: Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptis … Related information:… From the guidebook Birding Texas Waco, TX – Birding
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… Preview: The 955-acre Lake Whitney State Park lies along the east shore of Whitney Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–managed lake on the Brazos River that covers 23,550 acres, with a shoreline of 225 miles. … Related information:… From the guidebook Birding Texas Whitney, TX – Birding
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