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Discovery of the Travis County Sewage Ponds at Hornsby Bend: A Recount by G. Frank Oatman
By G. Frank Oatman, Travis Audubon Board President in the early 60s I’d like to clarify the beginnings of birding at the Travis County Sewage Ponds at Hornsby’s Bend. I was the first person, as you’ll read, to discover those for birders. My paternal great grandfather, William Jasper Sneed, owned
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Bird of the Week: Painted Bunting
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Compiled by Niyati Acharya Female Painted Buntings have a distinctive bright green with a pale eyering. They are songbirds and breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they are caught and sold illegally as cage birds, a practice that puts pressure on
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Volunteer Spotlight: Sarah A. Ruiz
Sarah A. Ruiz is guided by a simple philosophy: “Life is short, and I want to use as much of it as possible to leave the world around me better than I found it.” Sarah has put that philosophy into practice in many different ways over the years: by planting
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Austin’s New Convention Center: Groundbreaking Bird-Friendly and Sustainable Design
Travis Audubon recently met with Katy Zamesnik, Interim Director of the Austin Convention Center (ACCD), and Riley Triggs, Lead Project Manager with the City of Austin’s Capital Delivery Services (CDS), to learn more about the design of Austin’s new expanded convention center. We went into the meeting hoping to encourage
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