Birding

FREE Birding Backpacks

Environmental Services & Tourism provides birding backpacks available for FREE checkout to adult Cedar Hill residents for up to 4 days or a weekend period. Cedar Hill adult residents only. Driver's license required upon checkout. Minors must have a parent or guardian to checkout. All birding backpacks and backpack contents are sanitized between checkouts.

BIRDING BACKPACK RESERVATION FORM (7-day advanced notice required.)

EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT FORM (Required upon checkout.)

Birding backpack contents

• Backpack
• Birds Illustrated Guidebook
• Binoculars with case (8x42mm)
• Phone telescopic lens kit with tripod
• Priority birds checklist
• Giveaway bag - contents may vary

Local birding locations

• Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center (Google Maps)
• Cedar Hill State Park (Google Maps)
• Cedar Mountain Preserve (Google Maps)
• Cedar Ridge Preserve (Google Maps)
• Lester Lorch Nature Preserve (Google Maps)
• Windmill Hill Nature Preserve (Google Maps)

Priority birds

• Painted Bunting
• Summer Tanager
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Carolina Chickadee
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Brown Creeper
• Hermit Thrush
• White-throated Sparrow

Make your observations count

Enter your bird sightings with eBird. Your observations are added to the eBird database that scientists and other birders use to understand bird distributions. By sharing your sightings with others through eBird, you help complete the picture scientists need to better understand and protect birds well into the future.