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Birders Paradise

The Rio Grande Valley is a birder's paradise, with six wildlife refuges less than an hour's drive from the city. McAllen is home each April to the Texas Tropics Nature Festival, while nearby Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is recognized as one of the top ten birding sites in the nation -boasting a record count of bird species. Other refuges along the river provide great opportunities to add to your life list, or simply to enjoy a pleasant walk among the native flora, which once graced the entire Valley. Hunting and fishing are important ingredients in the McAllen experience. Freshwater and deep-sea fishing? Hunting for deer or birds? McAllen, the Valley and nearby Mexico provide the waters, the woods and the fields to satisfy every outdoor sportsman.