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Guests will enjoy the interpretive presentation including the home's history & families, Spanish architecture, art gallery, and introduction to the nature trails.
Every Saturday visitors are invited to explore McAllen?s big backyard on a guided tour along the half-mile of nature trails surrounding the historic adobe mansion. Recommended large groups call in adv
Explore the wonders of McAllen's big backyard on an interpretive guided tour along the half-mile of nature trails surrounding the historic 1930s adobe mansion. Discover the immense variety of nat
Join us at the Nature Center for a fun-filled morning with family activities that focus on a different topic each week. Possibilities include, hands on activities, nature adventures, puppet shows, cra
Have an interactive experience that explores the native plants and their relationships with wildlife. A different topic will be explored each week and may include such things as using native plants to
Come and try for the "Bentsen Hat Trick" of subtropical bird species: clay-colored robin, northern beardless-tyrannulet, and ferruginous pygmy-owl; then look for a hook-billed kite to comple
Meet some of nature's most beautiful but fearsome predators that fly over the park's wetlands. Many of the dragonfly and damselfly species we look for can only be found in the U.S. in South
Over 175 species of butterflies have visited the park, with watchers identifying 90 or more in a single day on some occasions! Tour our fantastic gardens with an experienced guide looking for species
Experience the park aboard our open-air tram or in our air-conditioned van with a naturalist as your guide. Enjoy nature in a relaxed atmosphere while your guide reveals the history of the park and it
12 STRING TIM & SHARON - Entertainers Music, Show & Dance: 3 - 7 pm (FREE) (Open to the Public) EVERY THURSDAY - (Except, Thanksgiving 11/26/2009, Christmas Eve 12/24/2009 and New Year's
Featured speaker Roy J. Rodriguez will present ?Name that Bird?in Spanish?. Call (956) 681-3370 for more information.
Look and listen for nocturnal wildlife with one of our park's staff naturalists. We might prowl for owls, cruise the roads for javelina, detect bats, black-light for interesting insects, encounte
Every Friday visitors will enjoy the home?s history, Spanish revival style architecture, native gardens, art gallery and gift store. Recommended large groups call in advance for tour reservations. Cal
Guests will enjoy the interpretive presentation including the home's history & families, Spanish architecture, art gallery, and introduction to the nature trails.
Drop by the Y Cafe, buy your lunch and meet one of the professional naturalists who work at the park. Bring your questions about birds, bats, cats, snakes, butterflies, dragonflies, observing nature i
Explore the wonders of McAllen's big backyard on an interpretive guided tour along the half-mile of nature trails surrounding the historic 1930s adobe mansion. Discover the immense variety of nat
Learn what delicious snack birds love to eat and create a few of their own to take home.
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