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  • Historic Project at Wild Basin

    September 22, 2017

    Travis Audubon member Allan Seils is capturing history. He has been working on a Capital Area Master Naturalist service project that involves the digitizing of all the flora and fauna records found in the file cabinets at the Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve office. He is uploading these records into electronic public

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  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Brian Kushner

    Bird of the Week: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    September 20, 2017

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a beautiful and hyperactive little bird, sometimes mistaken for an insect due to its small size and ability to remain stationary while in flight–an ability shared with no other family of birds. In much of their breeding range, which covers the eastern United States,

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