Brewster County
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend (nearest: Alpine)
Big Bend is where the hummingbird world gets extraordinary. This remote Chihuahuan Desert park is the primary U.S. stronghold of the Lucifer Hummingbird — a small, curved-billed desert specialist with a flared iridescent purple gorget that glitters like a living amethyst. Along the arid slopes and agave-studded ridgelines of the Chisos Mountains, Lucifers nest and feed on towering ocotillo blooms from April through September, making Big Bend the most reliable location in North America to find this range-restricted species. The Chisos Basin also hosts Blue-throated Mountain-gems and the full spectrum of west Texas species, while the Rio Grande corridor adds riparian specialists. Over 450 bird species have been recorded here — birding conditions are extraordinary.
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