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Murmurations Blog

  • San Marcos Garden Club Presentation: Helping with those “LBJs”

    on September 19, 2019

    By: Michael Jewell, Travis Audubon Master Birder Janel Nye and I had…

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  • Rare Bird Alert: Cape May Warbler, Least Grebe, and More

    on September 13, 2019

    This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 9/13/2019. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting updates, or inquire about location details on birds…

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  • Meeting the Cahills: Part 2

    on September 12, 2019

    By: Jean Warneke Now, let me tell you about the campus at Community Cloud Forest Conservation. At our first meeting, Rob showed me some pictures of the buildings…

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  • Meeting the Cahills: Part 1

    on September 11, 2019

    By: Jean Warneke I first met the Cahills while I was birding in Guatemala in 2017….

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  • RARE BIRD ALERT: Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Least Grebe, and more

    on September 6, 2019

    This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 9/6/2019. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting updates, or inquire about location details on birds…

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  • Fall Migration Birding in Austin

    on September 5, 2019

    By: Heather Valey Every spring and fall, over 400 species of birds migrate through Texas skies. Most of them are embarking on an incredible long-distance flight from their…

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  • RARE BIRD ALERT: Redhead, Ring-necked Ducks, and more

    on August 30, 2019

    This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 8/30/2019. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting updates, or inquire about location details on birds…

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  • Swift Night Out at Brentwood Elementary

    on August 15, 2019

    By: Virginia Rose, Travis Audubon Board Member On Aug. 11, 2019, eight of us, George Kerr, Terry and Joel Banks, Frances Cerbins, Kathey Ferland, Sharon Richardson, Carol Ray,…

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  • August Bird Forecast

    on August 13, 2019

    By: Jim Spencer Here’s the Central Texas bird forecast for the…

    Monthly Bird Forecast, Murmurations

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  • Yarn Birds

    on August 5, 2019

    By: Christy Esmahan, Travis Audubon Board Member I was thrilled when I read “These Knit Birds Are Helping to Move the Needle on Conservation” in the Summer 2019…

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  • Come Bird with Us!

    on August 2, 2019

    By: Christy Esmahan, Travis Audubon Board Member I saw my first ever Summer Tanager in the spring of 2017. I was in a Birdathon group at Pedernales Falls State…

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  • The Feather Thief—a must-read!

    on July 16, 2019

    By Christy Esmahan, Travis Audubon Board Member The Travis Audubon Ruffled Feathers Book Club, which meets bimonthly, recently discussed a book that we all found so compelling that…

    Book Reviews, Murmurations

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  • Travis Audubon Welcomes First Development Manager

    on July 10, 2019

    Please join Travis Audubon in welcoming our new Development Manager, Kelsey McKenna! Kelsey comes to us from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she attended the University of Minnesota and served as the…

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  • Midwest Warblers VENT Trip: Part II

    on July 9, 2019

    By: Michael Jewell, Travis Audubon Master Birder Read Midwest Warblers VENT Trip: Part I here. …

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  • July Bird Forecast

    on July 8, 2019

    By: Jim Spencer What to watch for in July: Patriotic Birds sporting Red, White or Blue Northern Cardinal…

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