Big Bend Region · Far West Texas

Small moments from a very big landscape.

Original bird recordings and nature photographs from the remote Chihuahuan Desert of Far West Texas.

Listen to the birds

Bird sounds from Far West Texas

A small collection of original field recordings. More will be added as the desert gives us something new to hear.

Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus Birds · Afternoon

Presidio County Audio Recording

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)

Last bird calls from a quiet afternoon in the Chihuahuan Desert. BirdNET Analyzer identified this as a likely Cardinalis sinuatus.

Bird photo: Andy Morffew · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Birds · Evening

Field recording 02

Evening Bird Calls

Birdsong and calls as the light begins to fade over Far West Texas.

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Birds · Desert

Field recording 03

Birds in the Open Desert

Natural bird calls with the soft background sound of the desert.

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Birds · Dusk

Field recording 04

Last Calls of the Day

A final set of bird calls before the desert settles into night.

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To add your four recordings: put them in /media/audio/ using the filenames shown above, then replace the placeholders with the audio markup in README-FIRST.txt.

A few views from the desert

This area is intentionally small. Add a few favorite wildlife-camera images, sunsets, weather shots or landscape photos whenever you have them.

Wildlife camera
Far West Texas sunset
Chihuahuan Desert

Just sharing what the desert gives us.

Big Bend Wild is a small, independent project created to share authentic sounds and images from the greater Big Bend region of Far West Texas.

Right now the collection is simple: a handful of bird recordings and a few images from the desert. Over time, it may grow to include wildlife, storms, night skies, video and other natural moments from the area.

About the location

The recordings and images come from a remote area of Far West Texas within the greater Big Bend region. Specific roads, coordinates and private-property locations are intentionally not published.

Just the sights and sounds of Far West Texas.

This site exists simply to share the quieter side of the region with anyone who enjoys nature.