🐦 Painted Bird Trail

Concan Bird Mural Trail

Find hand-painted bird murals hidden on local businesses. Each one is a life-size painting of a bird species native to the area — no two are alike.

15
Birds to Find
5
Painted
15
Species
🗺️ Open Interactive Map

Birds on the Concan Trail

Great Kiskadee — Meridian & Muse, SPI

Great Kiskadee ✓ Painted

Meridian & Muse
2500 Padre Blvd Ste 7, SPI
A loud, chunky flycatcher with a bright yellow belly and bold black-and-white striped head. Named for its call: kis-ka-DEE!
Yellow Warbler — Quinn Gallery, SPI

Yellow Warbler ✓ Painted

Quinn Gallery
2500 Padre Blvd Ste 5, SPI
Bright golden-yellow with rusty breast streaks. One of the most widespread warblers in the Americas.
Painted Bunting — Padre Getaways, SPI

Painted Bunting ✓ Painted

Padre Getaways
2500 Padre Blvd #4, SPI
Males are the most colorful bird in North America — red, blue, and green like stained glass.
Green Jay — Malia Quinn Studio, SPI

Green Jay ✓ Painted

Malia Quinn Studio
2500 Padre Blvd, SPI
Electric green and blue with a black bib. Common in south Texas, rare anywhere else in the US.
Indigo Bunting — Arts Business Incubator, SPI

Indigo Bunting Reserved

Arts Business Incubator
2500 Padre Blvd #1, SPI
Males glow electric blue in sunlight — the color comes from light refraction, not pigment. The feathers are actually black.
Pileated Woodpecker — Sandbox Inn, SPI

Pileated Woodpecker Reserved

Sandbox Inn
117 E Saturn Ln, SPI
Nearly crow-sized with a flaming red crest. The largest woodpecker most people will ever see.
Ibis — Hopper Haus, Port Isabel

Ibis Reserved

Hopper Haus
418 E Queen Isabella Blvd, Port Isabel
White Ibis wade through shallow water probing mud with their long, curved orange bills.
Roseate Spoonbill — SPI Birding & Nature Center, SPI

Roseate Spoonbill Reserved

SPI Birding & Nature Center
6801 Padre Blvd, SPI
Shocking pink with a spatula-shaped bill. Swings its bill side to side to filter food from shallow water.
Sandpiper — The Art Space, SPI

Sandpiper Reserved

The Art Space
33256 State Park Rd 100 #106, SPI
Quick-footed shorebirds that sprint along the waterline, probing wet sand for tiny invertebrates.
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Scissortail Flycatcher Reserved

Charmed on SPI
5208 Padre Blvd Ste B, SPI
Oklahoma's state bird with an impossibly long forked tail. Pearl gray and salmon pink, graceful and unmistakable.
Frigatebird — Kay's Beads, Port Isabel

Frigatebird ✓ Painted

Kay's Beads
423 E Maxan St, Port Isabel
Magnificent Frigatebirds soar on enormous angular wings for hours. Males inflate a brilliant red throat pouch.
Grackle — Holiday Sandcastle Village, SPI

Grackle Reserved

Holiday Sandcastle Village
W Ling St, SPI
Great-tailed Grackles are the loud, iridescent showmen of Texas parking lots and palm trees.
Chachalaca — Karma Coffee & Books, SPI

Chachalaca Reserved

Karma Coffee & Books
2500 Padre Blvd Ste 8, SPI
Large, olive-brown birds found only in the southernmost tip of Texas in the US. Incredibly vocal at dawn.
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Great Blue Heron Reserved

Cactus Flower
3009 Padre Blvd, SPI
Brown Pelican — RGV Native Plant Center, SPI

Brown Pelican Reserved

RGV Native Plant Center
29010 State Park Rd 100, SPI
Iconic coastal bird that plunge-dives from height to scoop fish. Once endangered by DDT, now thriving.
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About the Painted Bird Trail

The Painted Bird Trail is a grassroots art project by local artist Ryan Henry, owner of Meridian & Muse Fine Art Gallery on South Padre Island. Each bird is a life-size mini mural painted directly on the exterior of a participating local business. Bird species are painted once and never repeated on the same trail.

Visitors explore the trail using the free interactive map or a printable trail map. The app includes bird species facts, business details with hours and directions, and a collection game where you check off each bird as you find it.

Businesses interested in hosting a bird can contact Ryan Henry at (956) 590-7012 or visit Meridian & Muse at 2500 Padre Blvd Ste 7, South Padre Island, TX.