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National Audubon Society Deeply Concerned by “Anti-EPA” Nominee Scott Pruitt
A climate denier has no place leading the Environmental Protection Agency. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as a candidate for administrator…
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December Bird Forecast: American Woodcock, Harris’s Sparrow and Lots of Birdwatchers
Elusive American Woodcocks Showing Up Have you ever been on a winter walk in a deciduous woods when a bird bursts out from almost underfoot? After you recover from your…
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Interview with Robin Doughty
In July 2016, Robin Doughty published The Purple Martin, his tenth conservation-related book. A longtime Austinite, Robin joined the Department of Geography and the Environment at UT Austin…
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Call to Action! — Appropriations Committee
Dear Friends and Members, As Congress meets to consider the FY 17 appropriations, we are asking for your help to Let The Birds Be Heard – In Washington, DC. Please…
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Rare Bird Alert: November 24, 2016
This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 11/24/2016. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting…
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Baker Sanctuary News By Christopher Murray
Living at Baker is always interesting, whether it is singing coyotes in the night, unsuspected flowers blooming, or migrant birds fleetingly passing through the landscape; there is always something…
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Rare Bird Alert: November 17, 2016
This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 11/17/2016. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting…
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November Bird Forecast: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Mergansers and Turkeys
Invasion of the Nuthatches October reports of Red-breasted Nuthatches have birdwatchers predicting an irruption year for this northern species. Red-breasted Nuthatches are a familiar year-round bird to people who live…
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Where have the birds gone?
We received questions this fall from numerous people voicing concerns that there are virtually no birds (or even squirrels!) at their feeders. Our November Ask-a-Birder Expert, Noreen Baker, weighs…
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Rare Bird Alert: November 10, 2016
This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 11/10/2016. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting…
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Chaetura Canyon Sanctuary News By Georgean and Paul Kyle
We took a rare week off in late July to travel to Lac Édouard, Quebec to attend the opening of the world’s first Chimney Swift Museum and Interpretive Center…
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Rare Bird Alert: November 4, 2016
This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 11/4/2016. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting…
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Texas Naturalist’s Notes By Bill Reiner
As the leaves of most trees and shrubs native to central Texas turn colors and then drop away, two tree species, dominant on the landscape west of the interstate…
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Baker Sanctuary News By Christopher Murray
This season the annual 100-acre survey marked its sixth year of data collection since color-banding of territorial males was initiated in the spring of 2011. While 100-acre surveys of…
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Rare Bird Alert: October 20, 2016
This is the Austin Area Rare Bird Alert and has been updated through 10/20/2016. To report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, provide recent sighting…
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