Matagorda County has one tenth of the Texas coastline with an estimated 300 miles unblemished shoreline. This is the place where you are more apt to be slowed down by a cattledrive than a traffic jam and have to dodge birds
in the roadway. Matagorda County's annual Mad Island Marsh Christmas Bird County will include over 100 birders from all over Texas, the Nation and the Yukon territory in Canada. The county's reputation for being #1 for the greatest number of species counted is wellknown in the birding world. Matagorda County has led the nation in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count for 9 consecutive years, significantly establishing where the
Birding Capital, USA is located