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Bird of the Week: Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Crowned moth-eater Winter weather here in Central Texas brings unpredictable weather, predictable allergies and splashes of yellow in the trees. The Yellow-rumped Warblers, still known to some by their more common name “butter butts”, swoop into the Hill Country in the fall and stay through April
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November Bird Forecast: Do owls live in Austin?
Fall migration continues. Check BirdCast to see what birds are forecast to be migrating tonight. Help them along the way by participating in Lights Out for Birds through Nov. 30. A number of western species turned up in Austin during October. Possibly due to the prolonged drought even further west, these birds are searching
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Bird of the Week – Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider By Abby West We’ve camped at Enchanted Rock at least once every year for the past ten years. Except this time, I’d been paying attention to birds for the better part of a year and every glimpse of an unfamiliar bird sent me feverishly thumbing
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Our Visit With Betty Hendrix
By Frances Cerbins Betty Hendrix is a long time Travis Audubon member and past president of the board. Her tenure shepherded the acquisition of Blair Woods in 1985. Not only that, she named it Blair Woods! Mark Wilson, Dana Kuykendall and I got to have lunch with Betty this week
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