People come from all over the country to look at the various bird habitats here. This is a way to capitalize on it. All that's left is for the City Council to sign off on the grants today. The annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's birding extravaganza is touted as the biggest and longest birding tournament in the United States.
Birders scan hundreds of square miles of Texas coastal areas during the weeklong competition.
The brochures will point people to the birding and outdoor hot spots throughout the city, and hopefully lure more birders to Corpus Christi, he said. The highlight of that will be some Web cameras we're going to set up to showcase some of the birding spots around town. The goal of the site, he said, will be to improve the visibility of Corpus Christi in the eyes of the bird-watching community. Benson said the site is still in the planning stage but should be online by December. Emilie Payne, a former warden for the National Audubon Society and birder since 1961, said the Corpus Christi is one of the best birding spots in the state.