Speaker: Javi Gonzalez- Christmas Bird Count (2023)

Javier Gonzalez grew up birding in the Rio Grande Valley and is the Naturalist Educator at the South Padre Island Birding Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary.  He enjoys all things nature, but has a special interest in the birds of the Lower Laguna Madre and the Texas Gulf Coast. He has a passion for promoting […]

Breakfast with the Birds

EVERYDAY EVENT! 9am-11am Bring your breakfast, or just yourself, and enjoy complementary Bird Friendly Shade Grown Coffee and enjoy the songs of the morning birds.

Film & a Picnic

Come join us for lunch at STEC with Film and a Picnic every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm. Bring your lunch and enjoy the film and the Center. Free.

Breakfast with the Birds

EVERYDAY EVENT! 9am-11am Bring your breakfast, or just yourself, and enjoy complementary Bird Friendly Shade Grown Coffee and enjoy the songs of the morning birds.

Film & a Picnic

Come join us for lunch at STEC with Film and a Picnic every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm. Bring your lunch and enjoy the film and the Center. Free.

Speaker: Dr. Erin E. Easton- Coral communities of the South Pacific and Gulf of Mexico

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Dr. Erin E. Easton is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).  She has a BS in Biology from Indiana University and a MS and PhD in Oceanography from Florida State University. Dr. Easton’s Benthic Ecology and Evolution Lab at UTRGV explores the biodiversity and evolution of […]

Breakfast with the Birds

EVERYDAY EVENT! 9am-11am Bring your breakfast, or just yourself, and enjoy complementary Bird Friendly Shade Grown Coffee and enjoy the songs of the morning birds.

Film & a Picnic

Come join us for lunch at STEC with Film and a Picnic every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm. Bring your lunch and enjoy the film and the Center. Free.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Monday January 15th 9am-Noon, MLK Day of Service at the South Texas Ecotourism Center. Call (956) 772-0219 to Register to Volunteer.  

Spring Speaker Series: RGV Pollinator Group

Chery Brummett, a photographer, conservationist, and Texas Master Naturalist, actively contributes to monarch butterfly conservation through citizen science initiatives. Witnessing the lack of habitat for the monarch migration during the butterfly tagging season, Chery co- founded the Rio Grande Valley Pollinator Project with like-minded individuals to address habitat loss concerns. The project has heightened pollinator […]