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Murmurations Blog

Category: Sanctuary News
  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – September 2024

    on October 18, 2024

    Join us at the Canyon for an evening of wonderful acoustic music, food and fellowship with Up Around the Sun on November 17th We received a very welcome 1.25”…

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  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – August 2024

    on September 20, 2024

    Notes from Chaetura Canyon – August 2024 The mild temperatures and wonderful rains of July became just memories in August when high pressure…

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  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – July 2024

    on August 19, 2024

    By Georgean and Paul Kyle Photos by Paul Kyle Even though Hurricane Beryl skirted Central Texas to the east, it provided a return to mild temperatures in mid-July as well providing…

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  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – June 2024

    on July 8, 2024

    June brought an end to the mild temperatures, and we climbed over 100 degrees on eleven days.  Still, there were a few cloudy and relatively cool days when we…

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  • May Notes from Chaetura Canyon

    on June 10, 2024

    By Paul and Georgean Kyle Sanctuary Stewards We had our hands full in May with finishing the rebuilding of the accessibility ramp, re-painting and generally sprucing up the residence and the…

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  • March Notes from Chaetura Canyon

    on April 5, 2024

    Notes form Chaetura Canyon – March 2024 We feel like winter is behind us at Chaetura Canyon when March 1st arrives.  The third month of 2024 was mild, a bit…

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  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – February 2024

    on March 4, 2024

    We managed to squeak through the month without a single freeze.  In fact, we had several days in the 80’s with one day reaching 88.5 degrees.  The wonderful rains…

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  • Notes from Chaetura Canyon – January 2024

    on February 8, 2024

    By Georgean and Paul Kyle Sanctuary Stewards Since the late 1980s we have started each month with an avian Point Count:  visiting five set points on the property for 10 minutes…

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  • Ethel Kutac Memorial Bench Installed at Blair Woods

    on August 9, 2023

    By Jane Tillman Ethel Kutac was a long-time Travis Audubon member who passed away in 2021. She was a regular fixture at Travis Audubon meetings and participated in many field…

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  • Celebrate Dr. Blair’s Birthday with a Scavenger Hunt

    on June 24, 2022

    UPDATE (3:00 PM) All eggs have been found. Thank you to everyone who participated! Did you know that this weekend would be Dr. Frank Blair’s 110th birthday? Let’s celebrate his legacy at

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  • Our Strange Summer of Swifts and other Updates from Chaetura Canyon

    on September 23, 2021

    There are 18 Chimney Swift towers on the Chaetura Canyon Sanctuary. Most are monitored only periodically and then nesting success is evaluated after the swifts have departed for South…

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  • Blair Woods and the History of Ft. Colorado

    on September 10, 2021

    By Mark Wilson, Travis Audubon Board Member Travis Audubon’s Blair Woods Preserve is a wonderful oasis in the middle of the Austin urban environment. Open to all…

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  • Barn Restoration at Blair Woods

    on July 6, 2021

    By Flo Rice The barn at Blair Woods is thought to be about 110 years old and was originally used as a dairy barn when the Moehr family…

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  • Spring Migration at Blair Woods

    on April 21, 2021

    By Emily Novak Each month, a survey is conducted to track the bird species that are using the ecosystem and resources that are found at Blair Woods….

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  • Boy Scouts Build Chimney Swift Tower at Baker

    on March 29, 2021

    Many thanks to Carter Corley, his parents Shannan and Curtis, and Troop 202 for installing Baker Sanctuary’s latest Chimney Swift tower! The project was undertaken to fulfill requirements for Carter’s…

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