Texas Bird Bingo is a collaboration between Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, Texas Audubon and our birding friends across the state. They’ve come together to encourage you to go outside and look for the more than 600 species of birds seen in Texas. While they can’t highlight all of them, they can help you get started by completing a Texas Bird Bingo card.

How to Play

Select a region of Texas www.texasbirdbingo.com. From there, you’ll be able to download and print your own Texas Bird Bingo card. The front of the card features 24 birds you’re likely to see in your ecoregion; when you see any bird pictured on your card, mark it with an X, a √ or whatever symbol you like. Once you've marked off a row of birds in any of three directions (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) you’ve got a bird bingo!

Looking for somewhere to go birding? All the Bird Bingo cards align with our Great Texas Wildlife Trails. Click the link for interactive driving trail maps which will lead you to the best spots to see birds, butterflies, bats and more.

While viewing birds is its own reward, every person who completes a bingo can also get a FREE Texas Bird Bingo sticker. Send a photo of your completed Texas Bird Bingo card to the email address noted on the card, along with your name and mailing address, and we’ll send you a sticker (limit one per person). As an added bonus, two lucky winners will receive a half-day Hill Country birding excursion, courtesy of Busy Birding!

Rules & Regulations

Texas Bird Bingo dates: April 1, 2026 through November 30, 2026. Participants who complete a Bird Bingo will receive a Texas Bird Bingo sticker and will be entered to win one of two (2) half-day Hill Country birding excursions courtesy of Busy Birding. For a Bird Bingo card to be considered complete, participants must complete a bingo in accordance with the rules below. Participants who complete a “blackout” (all birds seen) on a regional card will receive five entries for the grand prize drawing. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Bird Bingo entries received.

Applicable travel charges, taxes, fees, and surcharges on any prizes are the sole responsibility of the prizewinner(s).

Bird Bingo Rules

All entries must be completed as instructed on a Bird Bingo card, available at TexasBirdBingo.com, or as provided by a sponsor or a state park. All entries must be e-mailed to the address noted on the Bird Bingo card between April 1, 2026 and November 30, 2026 (11:59 PM CST). Alternatively, Bird Bingo cards can be mailed to Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744.

Eligibility

Texas Bird Bingo is open to all participants regardless of residence, so long as the laws of their jurisdiction allow participation. If a prize is awarded, all travel expenses, lodging, taxes, fees, and surcharges on any prizes are the sole responsibility of the prizewinner.

Other Terms and Conditions

TPW magazine is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected or incomplete entries or technical errors or difficulties. TPW magazine reserves the right to adjust the contest deadline if necessary. By entering, participants thereby RELEASE and HOLD HARMLESS TPW magazine, TPWD, its employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with Texas Bird Bingo or any prize won. Restrictions, conditions, and limitations apply.

Total stickers to be awarded is dependent on number of entries received; two (2) winners will receive a half-day Hill Country birding excursion with Busy Birding. Total value of all prizes to be awarded is ±$600.

By participating in Texas Bird Bingo, you agree to these terms and conditions.