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Girl Scout Troop 1472 installs new Chimney Swift Tower at Baker Sanctuary
The fourteenth Chimney Swift tower at Baker was installed by Maya Casner, Amy Chiti, Alexis Kvinta, and Greta Lerche (with help from their folks) of Girl Scout Troop 1472…
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Notes from Chaetura Canyon – August 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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Bird of the Week: Rock Pigeon
By Abby West Photo by Matias Basualdo One of the first birds to be domesticated, pigeons and humans go way back, like 5,000 years back. As such, it’s next to impossible…
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Update on Golden-Cheeked Warbler Litigation
NOTE: This is a follow-up to the Aug. 1 blog piece summarizing a federal court hearing called to examine whether a petition to remove the Golden-cheeked Warbler from the…
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Travis Audubon Welcomes Kainoa Lee as Blair Woods Land Steward
We are thrilled to welcome Kainoa Lee to our team as our new Blair Woods Land Steward. Kainoa is a graduate of Texas State University where he studied Wildlife Biology…
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September Bird Forecast
Bird Forecast What to watch for in September: Belted Kingfishers Compiled by Jane Tillman, Travis Audubon Volunteer for KXAN Migration continues during September, with many…
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Bird of the Week: Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Compiled by Lindsey Hernandez Photo by Mike Kit The Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the world. It breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere…
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Remembering Julia Marsden: A Cherished Legacy in Travis Audubon’s Community
By Valarie Bristol Travis Audubon Past President and friend of Julia Marsden Julia Marsden loved nature, she loved birds, native plants, bumble bees and butterflies – all of it. She shared…
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Wells Branch Announces New Conservancy
Text provided by the Wells Branch Wild Conservancy Wells Branch Wild…
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Travis Audubon’s SE Arizona Trip
By Shelia Hargis Featured photo by Shelia Hargis Last month, James Giroux and I co-led a field trip to the Chiricahua Mountains for a group of six Travis Audubon members.
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Historical Marker Reinterpretation at Blair Woods
We are thrilled to announce that the Texas Centennial Historical Marker at Blair Woods has been officially installed as of last week. This significant milestone was achieved with invaluable…
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Bird of the Week: Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Compiled by Lisa S. Graham Photo credit: Peter Hawrylyshyn, Macaulay Library Austin has always been a hotbed of the punk rock scene, and the Cedar Waxwing has the…
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Risks to Raptors from Rodenticides: Protecting Birds of Prey
By Rene Bartos A Bald Eagle on a nest…a Red-tailed Hawk overhead…a Peregrine Falcon diving to the earth…an Osprey rising from the shoreline with a fresh catch…a Barred Owl perched…
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Injured birds convalescing after the wrath of Hurricane Beryl
By Jorjanna Price Photos provided by Austin Wildlife Rescue Since July, wildlife rescue groups have been treating coastal birds injured…
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