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When to report suspected cases of avian flu?
Feb 6, 2025 By Jorjanna Price Travis Audubon members can help the state and local officials monitor for bird flu fatalities. Biologists who track the disease in Texas are asking to…
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Monthly Bird Forecast: February 2025
What to watch for in February: Spring is in the Air Compiled by Jane Tillman for KXAN Purple Martins, North America’s largest…
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Bird of the Week: Least Sandpiper
Compiled by Lindsey Hernandez Featured Photo Credit: Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS The Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is a small shorebird and the smallest member of…
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Bird of the Week: House Finch
Compiled by Lisa S. Graham Photo credit: Martina Nordstrand, Macaulay Library House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) House Finches originate from the western US and Mexico. In 1940, pet stores in New York released…
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Bird of the Week: White Crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Content and photos by James Giroux – except where indicated The word “dashing” is typically not used to describe members of the sparrow family. But, the word is…
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Spring 2025 Class List Now Open
SPRING 2025 Class List BIRD-117: Intro to Flycatchers – begins on May 6th. This introductory to intermediate class,…
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Green Leaders Fellowship Launch – 1/13/25
Today’s the day! The Green Leaders Fellowship 2025 cohort is officially underway. This week, Travis Audubon is celebrating the start of the Fellowship with the EarthShare Texas…
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January 2025 Monthly Bird Forecast
Compiled by Jane Tillman for KXAN What to watch for in January: Winter Warblers
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2025 Bird of the Year: Eastern Screech-Owl
Over 400 folks voted for our first-ever Bird of the Year (BOTY), and…
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Avian Flu: What You Need to Know
*UPDATE 1/10/25: Given recent developments in TX and out of an abundance of caution, TPWD is recommending that all bird feeders and bird baths be taken down as these allow…
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“Flappy Hour” Leads to Grant for Neighborhood Chimney Swift Tower
Sherri Gengenbach and Sarah Martin, who are bird-loving residents of the North Oaks neighborhood in east Austin, recently spearheaded construction of a Chimney Swift tower in their neighborhood park….
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Bird of the Week: Grasshopper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Content and photos by James Giroux Most sparrows head north from Central Texas before early spring, but there are a few species that breed here in the Austin…
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Tell the Austin City Council to Support Clean Energy
Featured Photo Credit: Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Photo: Doris Dumrauf/Alamy Audubon.org UPDATE December 18, 2024: Thank you to all who acted on TAS’ request that you contact…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Jordan Weingarten
Introduction Jordan Weingarten started his journey into birding through photography in 2021. He had been a life-long photographer and was looking for something new to photograph. Birds were beautiful and…
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Bird of the Week: Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
By Abby West Featured Photo by Chris Wood Woodhouse’s scrub-jays are an odd bunch, described as the Blue jay of dry lowlands from Nevada south to Mexico. They’re most often seen…
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