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RARE BIRD ALERT: Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Least Grebe, and more
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
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
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
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
By: Jim Spencer Here’s the Central Texas bird forecast for the…
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Yarn Birds
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!
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!
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…
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Travis Audubon Welcomes First Development Manager
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
By: Michael Jewell, Travis Audubon Master Birder Read Midwest Warblers VENT Trip: Part I here. …
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July Bird Forecast
By: Jim Spencer What to watch for in July: Patriotic Birds sporting Red, White or Blue Northern Cardinal…
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Rusty’s Perch: Bird Blind dedicated at Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park
On Sunday morning, June 23, 2019, family and friends of Rusty Osborne gathered near the prairie at Commons Ford Park to officially dedicate “Rusty’s Perch”. The perch…
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Travis Audubon Joins “Move the Pipeline, Save the Water” Campaign
By: Christy Esmahan, Travis Audubon Board Member Recently, the Board of Trustees of Travis Audubon signed a resolution to join the Wimberly Valley Watershed Association and dozens of…
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Midwest Warblers VENT Trip: Part I
By: Michael Jewell, Travis Audubon Master Birder Janel and I…
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Chaetura Canyon Celebration Day
Today marks Georgean and Paul Kyle’s 50th wedding anniversary, a perfect day to celebrate all that they have achieved together. In honor of their work as conservation heroes, Travis…
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