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Murmurations Blog

  • Rare Bird Alert: February 16, 2012

    on February 21, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 9:40 on February 16, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species…

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  • Rare Bird Alert: February 9, 2012

    on February 16, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 7:30 on February 9, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species…

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  • Bird Question: Stopping a Dive-Bombing Cardinal

    on February 3, 2012

    OCTOBER 7, 2011: For the last 3 years, we seem to have cardinals dive bombing the front windows of our house. I do not know if this is the same…

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  • Bird Question: Bats Or Birds?

    on February 3, 2012

    OCTOBER 12, 2011: I sat at the traffic light at I-35 and Highway 79 in Round Rock at 7 PM tonight and saw bands and bands and bands of flying…

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  • Bird Question: Unusually Abundant Robins

    on February 3, 2012

    OCTOBER 20, 2011: A friend of mine who lives in Lakeway reports that there are loads of robins at her feeder. What’s up? We usually see 1 or 2…

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  • Bird Question: Water in the Environment

    on February 3, 2012

    OCTOBER 26, 2011: I am a student at Austin Community College. This semester for a principles of microeconomics class I have the opportunity to select an issue within the sphere…

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  • Bird Question: Yellow Bird at Thistle Feeder

    on February 2, 2012

    DECEMBER 10, 2011: I live in Georgetown. There is a finch/sparrow size bird at my thistle feeder: all black back, wings and head with yellow breast and belly (no stripes)–…

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  • Bird Question: Hummingbirds in Winter

    on February 2, 2012

    DECEMBER 11, 2011: We always have several hummingbird feeders each season. This year after I took down our feeders, we saw a visitor in late November. It was enjoying my…

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  • Bird Question: Recommended Field Guide

    on February 2, 2012

    JANUARY 5, 2012: I just moved to travis heights from out of town and was wondering if you could recommend a bird guide I can use to identify all the…

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  • Rare Bird Alert: January 26, 2012

    on January 31, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 8:15 January 26, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species name,…

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  • Rare Bird Alert: January 19, 2012

    on January 31, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 10:45 January 19, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species name,…

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  • Commons Ford Update: January, 2012

    on January 19, 2012

    Hello all, Just a quick update on the Commons Ford Prairie Restoration Project:

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  • Rare Bird Alert: January 13, 2012

    on January 17, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 5:00 on January 13, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species…

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  • Claude’s River Survey: January 7, 2012

    on January 10, 2012

    Location: Utley Bridge (Hwy 969) to Tarcoola, Bastrop, US-TX Observation date: 1/7/2012 Number of species: 43 (plus 1 other taxa) EPISODE 68: The Duck Hunters Seems the river is becoming quite a popular…

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  • Rare Bird Alert: January 5, 2012

    on January 10, 2012

    (The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 7:45 on January 5, 2012. Send interesting sightings–complete with species…

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