2025 Birding the Border Daily Schedule

3:00 – 6:00 pm	Birder check-in, Ramada Ballroom
5:00 – 5:30 pm	Beginner Track mandatory meeting, Ramada Ballroom
6:30 – 8:30 pm	Welcome Social, Location: Ramada Ballroom Let’s TACO-bout Extension! Join us for an amazing welcome social. Take this opportunity to meet the Birding the Border guides and birding buddies and meet birders from across the state. Taco Bar included!

5:00 – 6:30 am	Early Worm Coffee Bar open at Ramada Ballroom Sponsored by Birds & Beans Coffee
5:00 – 6:30 am	Vans depart from Ramada Ballroom for Birding Trips check departure time in your resource book
7:30 am – 2:00 pm	Birding Trips: Below the Dam Dobbs Run Ranch Fort Clark Springs The Ranch at Baker’s Crossing McKenna Ranch (photography-focused) Zuberbueler Ranch (beginner track)
9:00 am – 2:00 pm	Vendor set-up
1:00 – 4:30 pm	Birder check-in, Ramada Ballroom
2:30 – 4:30 pm	Birding with Extension Educational Events TBA
5:00 – 11:30 pm	Birds, Bats, & Owls Benefit Dinner, Kickapoo Cavern State Park *Special Event: Join us for a special benefit dinner! Participants will watch bats leave Stuart Cave for the night and have an opportunity to search for several species of owls that call Kickapoo Cavern State Park home. The benefit dinner will go to support the park’s continued investment in birding blinds and management strategies as well as support youth Birding with Extension Programs. Cost: $125 per person (limit 15 people, depart Ramada Ballroom at 5 p.m.)*
6:30 pm	Friday Evening Social, Location: Ramada Ballroom Tweets and Treats Social Join us for an evening of mingling with fellow participants, guides, and birding buddies. There will be cocktails, Hors D’oeuvres, and a pasta bar to eat at your leisure.
6:30 pm	Vendor Tradeshow Open: Ramada Ballroom

5:00 – 6:30 am	Early Worm Coffee Bar open at Ramada Ballroom Sponsored by Birds & Beans Coffee
5:00 – 6:30 am	Vans depart from Ramada Ballroom for Birding Trips check departure time in your resource book
7:30 am – 2:00 pm	Birding Trips: Del Norte Unit – Devils River SNA McKenna Ranch New Property – TBA Kickapoo Caverns State Park (photography-focused) Las Ciénegas (beginner track)
2:30 – 4:30 pm	Birding with Extension Workshops TBA
6:30 pm	Birding with Extension Dinner – Keynote speaker, TBA

5:00 – 6:30 am	Early Worm Coffee Bar open at Ramada Ballroom Sponsored by Birds & Beans Coffee
5:00 – 6:30 am	Vans depart from Enchanted Jardin for Birding Trips check departure time in your resource book
7:30 am – 2:00 pm	Birding Trips: Big Day Del Rio Duel Dan A. Hughes Unit – Devils River State Natural Area Las Ciénegas Laughlin Air Force Base Transition Ranch (photography-focused) Dobbs Run Ranch (beginner track)
2:00 pm	Tours return