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Professional Birding Guides

Texas Birding Guides is dedicated to helping you follow your passions—whether it’s discovering amazing birds, capturing that perfect photo, exploring beautiful places, or simply embracing your love of nature. Our expert guides specialize in creating personalized birding experiences tailored to your specific interests and skill level. Our unique approach combines the invaluable knowledge of local guides with the dedicated customer support provided by our administrative team. With a focus on flexibility and progressive client-centric policies regarding reservations, payments, and cancellations, we strive to create a smooth and unforgettable experience for you. We can’t wait to share our passion for Texas’s birds with you!

Justin Bosler – Guide

There's nothing Justin would rather be doing than birding, and especially so anywhere in his home state of Texas. His passion for birding developed as a young boy in his parent's Pennsylvania backyard. The local, nearctic-neotropical breeders, such as Great Crested Flycatcher, Wood Thrush and Baltimore Oriole, with their vibrant colors and melodious songs, sparked his interest in birds at an early age. Now, about 30 years later with a Bachelor's degree from LSU and a boatload of field experience, he's a fully-fledged wildlife biologist, Master Naturalist and birding guide residing in San Marcos, Texas with his wife and two dogs...(expand for more)

He fondly remembers his first birding trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley with his twin brother and father over two decades ago. Nowadays, he tries to bird as much as feasibly possible in the Lone Star State and throughout the world (most recently in southwestern India). Perhaps foolishly, he has taken up county and parish listing, between Texas and Louisiana, respectively, which also feeds his desire to learn more about species identification, as well as their status and distribution.

Stephen Falick – Guide

Stephen grew up in Houston, Texas, where his interest in birds began while watching a red-headed woodpecker at his grandparents' feeder. Exploring the green spaces surrounding his childhood neighborhood, he developed a great interest not only in birds but also in reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. In 2015, Stephen first visited the Trans-Pecos to search for reptiles and instantly fell in love with the landscapes and wildlife of the region. He moved to Alpine, Texas, in the fall of 2018 to pursue a degree in biology at Sul Ross State University and is currently working on his master’s degree, studying the jeweled wood-boring beetle family Buprestidae...(expand for more)

In the winter of 2018, Stephen began working as a field technician on a project with the Borderlands Research Institute, monitoring wintering grassland birds in the region. He has continued to assist with that project every year since, gaining hands-on experience with some of his favorite birds, such as Baird’s sparrows, grasshopper sparrows, Sprague’s pipits, and chestnut-collared longspurs. In 2020, when traveling for birdwatching became more difficult, Stephen focused more on birding in Brewster County and developed an obsession for it. He set a new Brewster County big year record in 2020 and continued to break records for the next three years, ultimately setting the current record of 287 species of birds seen in Brewster County in 2023.

Outside of local county birding, Stephen enjoys working on his Texas Century Club lists, aiming to see 100 species of birds in 100 Texas counties. He is also fascinated by island endemism and hopes to eventually visit all the islands in the Caribbean in search of endemic birds and reptiles.

Nick Glover – Guide

Nick has had a lifelong interest in birds ranging from actively birding, to aviculture, to ornithological research. His first bird list was recorded by his mother in 1997 when, at the age of 4, he began matching photos in a field guide to the birds he saw in their Massachusetts backyard. After spending the latter half of his youth in Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology and has been working in avian research ever since...(expand for more)

Since late 2016, Nick has been working as a Research Specialist supporting population recovery efforts of Black-capped Vireos on Fort Cavazos (née Hood) and has used that convenient central Texas location to bird extensively throughout the state and beyond as much as possible. He is particularly fond of the Trans-Pecos region and enjoys exploring under-birded areas anywhere.

Cameron Johnson – Guide

Cameron was born and raised in Dallas, Texas where from a young age he sought out pockets of wildlife in an otherwise urbanized community. The awe and admiration he felt witnessing large migratory flocks of Snow and Ross’s Geese spurred what would become a lifelong interest in birding and ornithology. Since then, he has dedicated his time and effort exploring birdlife and ecosystems across North America...(expand for more)

Cameron has extensive professional and personal birding experience in Southern California, Southeastern Arizona, and the entirety of Texas. He is particularly fond of and interested in the behavior and ecology of secretive species like rails, trogons, and cuckoos. His favorite aspect of birding is creating and sharing unique, memorable experiences with those around him.

With a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University, Cameron has conducted ornithological fieldwork in Texas, Arizona, California, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Although he has birding experience across the country, his greatest ambitions remain in Texas, where he is attempting to record as many species as possible within his home state.

Clayton Leopold – Guide

Clayton grew up in a small rural community just north of Victoria, Texas. In his youth, wildlife and birds were a major focus for him, and he spent many hours on the back porch watching the bird feeders. He graduated from Texas A&M Galveston in 2012 with two degrees: Marine Fisheries and Marine Biology. In 2013, he was formally introduced to birding by a close friend and has been hooked ever since... (expand for more)

Clayton has volunteered for several birding festivals and events, leading tours around the Upper Texas Coast. He enjoys birding in most areas of the state but has a soft spot for West Texas, making multiple trips there each year. He serves as the eBird reviewer for Galveston County and is a secretary and voting member of the Texas Bird Records Committee.

Clayton and his wife, Linsey, have two young children, Laiken Maxine and Cassin Clayton, both of whom love the outdoors. “The joy of birding is about appreciating the challenge of identification, the peace of being in nature, and the camaraderie of fellow birders.”

Chris Saenz – Guide

Christopher, a Port Aransas local, discovered his passion for birding just five years ago. Chris attended a “Birding on the Boardwalk” event one morning and has been hooked ever since! After having the opportunity to look at Whooping Cranes and a White-faced Ibis through a scope, he quickly developed a newfound passion for birds...(expand for more)

Beyond just finding and identifying birds, Chris has developed a deep love for bird photography. He spends countless hours in the field, patiently waiting to capture the beauty of his feathered subjects. His dedication to getting the perfect shot has led him to explore various techniques and locations. Photographing birds has helped him learn more about the incredibly diverse avian life around him. Birding around town turned into birding around Texas very quickly!

Chris has led local bird walks in Port Aransas for their nature preserve, as well as for the Audubon Club of Corpus Christi. He’s led tours at the Birdiest Festival in America and helped guide on the waters of Port Aransas during the Whooping Crane Festival. Chris’s keen eye has made him a respected figure in the local birding and photography community. He’s found rare birds for the Port Aransas community, such as a Black-whiskered Vireo, Golden-winged Warbler Brewster’s hybrid, and recently, Lucy’s Warbler.

He dreams of finding 100 species in 100 Texas counties. He loves to help others reach their birding goals, sharing his passion for birds through guiding and photography along the way.

Liam Wolff – Guide

Liam Wolff’s birding journey began at 8 years old in the coastal plain of Georgia when spirited Mississippi Kites captured his fascination as they tossed about in the wind over his backyard. This fascination with identifying backyard birds transformed into an obsession by the time he was a teenager and shaped his career as a conservation ornithologist...(expand for more)

Liam now enjoys life in the “Birdiest City in America” (Corpus Christi, Texas) where he spends his free time county birding, chasing neotropical migrants, and sharing the Sparkling City by the Sea with visiting birders. As president of a local conservation non-profit, he also has the opportunity to lead field trips for members of that organization. Liam enjoys traveling internationally too and has a special fondness for the diverse, range-restricted endemic birds of Mexico.

Liam is a researcher at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and president of the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi. He is an eBird regional reviewer for 19 counties in Georgia and a state hotspot editor for Georgia as well. Liam also serves as a curator on iNaturalist specializing in mosquito taxonomy and an editor for the Birding Hotspots website.

Felipe Guerrero – Owner & Guide

Felipe started birding 17 years ago as a bright-eyed college student studying natural history and ecology in Arizona. He was fortunate to have the guidance of a professor and academic advisor madly in love with the natural world and especially birds. The more he learned about birds the more he discovered about himself and his passion for exploring the amazing world around us and sharing that experience with others...(expand for more)

Through years of field work, graduate school, non-profit adventures, and countless birding trips to the most remote and under-birded corners of the Southwest and Northern Mexico, Arizona Birding Tours was born in 2018 followed by Texas Birding Guides in 2023. Felipe love birds and loves sharing the excitement and good times of birding with his clients. Birding with Felipe isn’t just about seeking specialty birds, it’s about celebrating the astonishingly diverse biological treasures we are all so fortunate to be a part of.

Felipe is the founder of Texas Birding Guides and Arizona Birding Guides. He is currently a member of the Arizona Bird Committee, and an eBird reviewer for Yavapai, Navajo, and Apache Counties. In the past he served as Field Expeditions Chair and board member for Arizona Field Ornithologists, as well as board member for Prescott Audubon Society.