✨ We are so excited to collaborate with @mcallenplantswap for our Market Pop-Up! ✨ We’re welcoming over 18 participating vendors — artists, crafters, food makers, and educational groups — for a warm and vibrant community event. Join us Sunday, December 7th, from 2–5 PM at Hinovations Art Gallery for an afternoon of shopping, creativity, and connection

✨ We are so excited to collaborate with mcallenplantswap for our Market Pop-Up! ✨ We’re welcoming over 18 participating vendors — artists, crafters, food makers, and educational groups — for a warm and vibrant community event. Join us Sunday, December 7th, from 2–5 PM at Hinovations Art Gallery for an afternoon of shopping, creativity, and connection

Calling all COFFEE LOVERS! ☕ Do you know if the coffee in YOUR cup is BIRD-FRIENDLY?🤔 You may not realize it, but your coffee can have an impact on bird populations. When you CHOOSE SHADE-GROWN COFFEES, you help preserve native forests that birds depend on for survival.🌴 🌳 🌲 You should also be sure the "shade-grown" claim is certified, like for the THANKSGIVING COFFEE we carry. This award-winning, family-owned roaster's SongBird line is not only delicious, but has earned the Smithsonian Bird Friendly® seal, so you can feel good about that cup of joe! Learn more: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/ecological-benefits-shade-grown-coffee (clickable link in our bio's link tree) 🗓️ We'll be sampling this coffee ☕ SATURDAY before our FREE guided bird walk—please join us! (Small park entrance fee applies.) Details at https://mcallen.wbu.com/events This is one of the 7 SIMPLE ACTIONS you can take to help #savethesongbirds. With breeding bird populations in the US and Canada down by nearly 30% since 1970, our choices are important. Learn more: https://www.wbu.com/save-the-song-birds/ Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening #uniquechristmasgifts

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With a compact, lightweight, and rugged design, the ZEISS Terra ED Binocular is the perfect companion for birding on-the-go! For a limited time, shop now at Wild Birds Unlimited for $100 off ZEISS Terra ED Binoculars! Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #BackyardBirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #ShopLocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening #ZEISS #ZEISSNature #birdwatching

Take some stress🤯 out of the busy holiday season by making a little time to watch the birds and connect with nature. We've got several FREE GUIDED BIRD WALKS and NATURE TALKS lined up this month to help you do just that. 🦜 🦆 🦅 🦉👀🎤 🌐 Learn more at www.facebook.com/wbumcallen/events and mcallen.wbu.com/events And you can help your loved ones connect with nature—and take some stress off your wallet—by taking advantage of our 📣📣 25% OFF EVENT* 📣📣 going on through Dec. 1st. 🎁 (Some terms and exclusions apply—see our website. https://mcallen.wbu.com) Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening #uniquechristmasgifts #blackfriday

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 We're thankful for YOU, our great customers! We love hearing about the birds you've spotted and all you're doing for our amazing Rio Grande Valley birds. Thanks so much for supporting our small business! 💛 Why not impress folks today with some TEXAS TURKEY FACTS? 🦃 🤓 Check out this great article from The National Wild Turkey Federation on the history and conservation efforts for the RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY subspecies (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia): https://bit.ly/47tBgcB And don't forget: our ‼️ FILL-A-BAG EVENT‼️ starts tomorrow for Black Friday savings ALL WEEKEND! It's a great time to get a jump start on your holiday shopping or to stock up, with ‼️25% OFF‼️ everything you can fit in one of our free, reusable bags! (Conditions and exclusions apply—see our website.) https://mcallen.wbu.com Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 Featured Birds: Rio Grande Wild Turkey #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

One of the easiest ways to start getting involved in bird conservation is to simply WATCH BIRDS, either in your backyard or in one of the many fantastic birding reserves we have here in the Rio Grande Valley. 👀 🐦‍⬛ 🦜 🦆 🦅 🦉 Better yet, share your love of bird watching with others, especially younger generations. When we're more aware of the creatures around us, we care more and do more to protect them! 🗓️ Why not join us on one of our GUIDED BIRD WALKS? The next one is Dec. 6th in Weslaco. Beginners are welcome! We'll also have an in-store nature talk that afternoon. 🌐 Details at www.facebook.com/wbumcallen/events and mcallen.wbu.com/events Watching birds is one of the 7 SIMPLE ACTIONS you can take to help #savethesongbirds. Learn more: https://www.wbu.com/save-the-song-birds/ Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #SaveTheSongBirds #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

OK, POP QUIZ for all the bird nerds! 🤓 ❓ What's an IRRUPTION? ❓ And do you know why experts are predicting the best winter FINCH IRRUPTION in five years?! Don't worry, we aren't suddenly going to be seeing fountains of molten birds—it's not that kind of eruption. 🐦🌋🙃 An irruption is a sudden forced migration of animals, often due to food-supply fluctuations. This winter, slim pickings in Canadian forests are likely to drive finches elsewhere in search of food. It remains to be seen if we'll get more finches this far south in the Valley, but we could get "lucky" (though not so much from the birds' POV)! Either way, it's a fascinating phenomenon! To learn more, listen in on the latest #NatureCentered Podcast . 🎙️ 🎧 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts or on our website: https://mcallen.wbu.com/nature-centered-onewbu For an even deeper dive, check out the The Finchmasters - Finch Research Network Winter Finch Forecast: https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2025-2026 Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #NatureCentered #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

Janet Schofield is a certified Master Gardener in both Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, with advanced training as a compost specialist.✨♻ Passionate about soil health and regenerative gardening, she brings a wealth of experience to her work, with a special interest in adapting hügelkultur and other compost-based techniques to the conditions of the RGV. Join Janet this evening at 6:00pm to learn all the best practices of composting for our ecoregion, FREE with general admission. #composting #exploremcallen #southtexasecology #quintamazatlan

Janet Schofield is a certified Master Gardener in both Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, with advanced training as a compost specialist.✨♻ Passionate about soil health and regenerative gardening, she brings a wealth of experience to her work, with a special interest in adapting hügelkultur and other compost-based techniques to the conditions of the RGV. Join Janet this evening at 6:00pm to learn all the best practices of composting for our ecoregion, FREE with general admission. #composting #exploremcallen #southtexasecology #quintamazatlan

Dig into sustainable gardening practices at a special Thursday Night Live presentation, “Composting for the RGV,” with Master Gardener Janet Schofield on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Composting plays a vital role in building healthier soils, reducing waste, and supporting resilient landscapes especially in the Rio Grande Valley, where nutrient-poor soils and extreme weather create unique gardening challenges. 🪱🌱In this talk, Schofield will introduce a variety of composting methods suitable for South Texas, from traditional backyard piles to specialized techniques like hügelkultur. #quintamazatlan #mcallebevents #composting #southtexasecology

Dig into sustainable gardening practices at a special Thursday Night Live presentation, “Composting for the RGV,” with Master Gardener Janet Schofield on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Composting plays a vital role in building healthier soils, reducing waste, and supporting resilient landscapes especially in the Rio Grande Valley, where nutrient-poor soils and extreme weather create unique gardening challenges. 🪱🌱In this talk, Schofield will introduce a variety of composting methods suitable for South Texas, from traditional backyard piles to specialized techniques like hügelkultur. #quintamazatlan #mcallebevents #composting #southtexasecology

🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS for THIS COMING SATURDAY! 👀 9 A.M. Meet us at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife, one of the area's top birding hotspots, for a FREE guided bird walk! (The walk is free, but there is a small park admission fee. See the park's website for fees.) 🎤 2 P.M. Meet back at our store for a FREE nature talk by the park's superintendent: "Life After Migration: What Do Our Birds Do When They Aren't Here?" ABOUT THE TALK Have you ever thought about what the rest of the year is like for all those fantastic birds that just winter in the Valley? Several species end up in extremely different locales living a very different life during the long days of summer. Join us as we welcome Thomas Forwood, Superintendent at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, to ell us more. Be sure to stay after for one of our popular NATIVE PLANT SALES! 🛒🌻🌿 Event details at https://www.facebook.com/wbumcallen/events and https://mcallen.wbu.com/events Hope to see you there! Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

See the recent Smithsonian Magazine post about the Blue Jay and Green Jay hybrid spotted in San Antonio? Fascinating! Learn more in the Smithsonian Magazine: https://bit.ly/3IG78kC 💛💛💛 And remember our CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAYS END TODAY. You'll save $10 on $60, $20 on $100, or $40 on $200.* Thanks for supporting our small business! (Use promo codes THANKS10, THANKS20, or THANKS40.) 💛💛💛 Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 * Valid Nov. 6–16, 2025, on regularly-priced Items, in-store or online, excluding previous purchases, sale items, DSC memberships, gift cards, optics, smart feeders/devices, or Purple Martin systems. One discount per purchase. #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

Introducing "Backyard Birds Revealed," a 5-part series of short videos exploring hidden details of backyard birdlife. Watch Episode 1: "Epic Slow-Motion Landings" on YouTube at https://bit.ly/4hio25O Captured with a 1,000-frames-per-second camera, the brilliant acrobats of backyard birds are revealed in super slo-mo. The series is created by Tim and Russell Laman, an award-winning father-and-son wildlife photography team who have filmed exotic birds around the world. They decided to train their equipment and expertise on birds in their own Massachusetts backyard. The series is created with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and proudly sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited. Additional episodes will launch in January 2026—stay tuned! Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

On Veterans Day, we give special thanks to the members of our armed services, whose self-sacrifice and bravery help keep us all safe.🇺🇸 At WBU McAllen, 🎗️veterans enjoy 15% off non-food items ALL YEAR LONG.*🎗️ THANK YOU! FUN FACTS ABOUT BALD EAGLES Did you know the majestic Bald Eagle🦅 has been a symbol of American might since 1782, when it was adopted as our national emblem? By the 1960s, though, habitat destruction, hunting, and pesticides had nearly driven Bald Eagles to extinction, with only about 400 breeding pairs left in the continental U.S. But instead of a tragedy, the Bald Eagle is a conservation success story! Federal protections and pesticide regulations have succeeded in helping them rebound, and they're no longer considered threatened!👏 👏 👏 Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 Featured Bird: Bald Eagle** * Discount does not apply to DSC membership fee, sale items, gift cards, smart feeders/devices, optics, or Purple Martin systems. ** Featured Birds may include species from across the USA, not just those seen in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

⏰ Don't forget, our CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAYS run through NEXT WEEKEND! ⏰ We're so thankful for YOU, all our wonderful customers, for supporting our small, locally owned store and all our amazing Valley birds!👏 👏 👏 November 6–16th: 💛 Take $10 OFF $60* 💛 💛 Take $20 OFF $100* 💛 💛 💛 💛 Or take $40 OFF $200!* Use promo codes THANKS10, THANKS20, or THANKS40, respectively. It's a great time to stock up or get a jump on your gift list! Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 *This offer is good on regularly-priced Items, in-store or online, excluding previous purchases, sale items, DSC memberships, gift cards, optics, smart feeders/devices, or Purple Martin systems. One discount per purchase. Featured Birds: House Finches** & American Goldfinches WBU Food: No-Mess Blend Feeder: EcoTough® Classic Feeder **Featured Birds may include species from across the USA, not just those seen in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

🗓️ Have you marked your calendars for next Saturday, November 15th? 🗓️ We're super excited for a very special event: a FREE FILM SCREENING and a chance to MEET THE LOCAL FILMMAKERS! 🎥 Come watch "ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF SOUTH TEXAS: Hiding in Plain Sight" together with your fellow nature lovers. It's a short documentary about the remarkable history behind the Lower Rio Grande Valley's natural landscapes and the clues left behind: ancient beaches and drowned shorelines, evidence of a large volcanic eruption that changed Earth’s climate, shifting sand, giant oysters and mammoths, petrified forests and thousand-year-old living trees, tiny zircon crystals, and a mighty river. This landscape shaped the lives of the Valley's earliest humans, and we're reshaping the landscape and its ecosystems today. The wonderful educators from UTRGV's Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools Program (Utrgv Chaps) are going to be in-store to introduce their film. CHAPS is a consortium of anthropologists and archaeologists, biologists, historians, geologists, and geoarchaeologists. We can't wait! 🟠 Refreshments provided. 🟠 Book signing after the film. (The companion book will be available for sale.) 🟠 Plus, a NATIVE PLANT SALE! 🛒🌻🌿 🌐 Learn more about the filmmakers, the CHAPS program, and more details at www.facebook.com/wbumcallen/events and mcallen.wbu.com/events Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

Happy TEXAS Arbor Day, y'all!🌳 National Arbor Day was back in April, but Fall is actually a better time to plant trees in Texas, generally speaking. Way down here in the RGV, though, we can actually push that right into winter! If you're planting trees, natives are the way to go. They're critical for our native birds. Plus, they're typically better suited to local temps and pests, and often require less water. And they're beautiful, too! See our resources page for some RGV nurseries that specialize in natives: https://mcallen.wbu.com/local-birding-and-nature-resources Here's a tree planting guide from Texas A&M: https://texastreeplanting.tamu.edu And don't miss McAllen's Arbor Day celebration on the 8th. It's a great FREE family event with music, educational booths, and tree workshops, plus, you get to take home a free native tree! See Keep McAllen Beautiful's website for details. Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

🤩🤩 Don't miss the RGV Birding Festival & Trade Show, going on now through the 9th in Harlingen! 🤩🤩 The trade show is FREE and open to the public. There'll be tons of items and info for bird and nature lovers. We'll be there, so stop by to say hi and pick up some product! This is a fantastic annual festival for bird lovers of all ages, with guest speakers, field trips, a silent auction, a raptor show, FREE FAMILY AND KIDS' EVENTS, and more. 🦅🦅🦅 https://rgvbf.org https://rgvbffamilyevents.myportfolio.com TRADESHOW HOURS AND LOCATION Thurs. Nov. 6 & Fri. Nov. 7 noon to 6:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 8 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 9 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Harlingen Convention Center, 701 Harlingen Heights Dr., Harlingen, TX 78552 Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding experts! ❤️🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas #birding #birds #shoplocal #supportsmallbusinessowners #nativeplants #gardening

A little late sharing these photos, but what a wonderful time we had at Frontera Audubon! 🌿 Thank you to Chris Warren, director of Frontera, for hosting us, and to Terri Alaniz from Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society for guiding us through this gorgeous Weslaco gem. We also donated a smart nest box to Cactus Creek Ranch as thanks for their ongoing Black-Crested Titmouse research. Spending time outdoors with all of you is always a highlight — thanks to everyone who joined us! 💚 And a big shoutout to Angelina Vasquez for her inspiring gardening for wildlife talk that afternoon! 🌸 Happy birding, from the RGV's friendly backyard bird feeding specialists! 💛🐦 #wbumcallen #rgvbirds #backyardbirding #mcallentexas #riograndevalley #Riograndevalleytexas