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Groundbreaking at Baker Sanctuary
Travis Audubon board members and Solluna Builders recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at Baker Sanctuary. They celebrated the promise of a bright future for this 715+ acre preserve as new improvements…
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Springtime at Baker Sanctuary
Spring feels like a far off dream during these dog days of summer. The birds who headed north March – May are already starting to head back south. Chris Murray…
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Warbler’s golden tunes may soon vanish from Central Texas
The Waco Tribune-Herald recently featured Travis Audubon Board President Frances Cerbins as a guest columnist discussing the current threat faced by golden-cheeked…
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Golden-cheeked Warbler Beer!
In preparation for the launch of the first beer to be named after the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler, Jordan Price, Travis Audubon¹s Director of Membership, met with David Pasternak, Blue…
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Golden-cheeked Warbler Needs Federal Protection
In today’s Austin American-Statesman, Ryan Shannon of the Center for Biological Diversity weighs in on the lawsuit to de-list the golden-cheeked warbler. Travis Audubon echoes his cautionary words. At…
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A Morning Walk at Baker Sanctuary by Mikael Behrens
On the morning of May 6 I spent over 3 hours covering about 2.5 miles of trails on the south half of Travis Audubon’s Baker Sanctuary in northwest Austin. It…
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Bird of the Week: Golden-cheeked Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler Few birds have captured the imagination of Texans like the Golden-cheeked warbler. This diminutive songbird winters in the mountain forests of Central America, but its breeding…
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Science Matters—Keep Protecting the Golden-cheeked Warbler
If attempts to gut protections for the Texas songbird succeed, it could face extinction. AUSTIN, Texas (March 24, 2017)—Earlier this month, the Texas General Land Office announced its intent…
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Baker Sanctuary 2016 Year in Review
The article below represents an abridged version of the “Baker Sanctuary 2016 Year in Review” by Chris Murray, Land Manager and Educator at Travis Audubon.
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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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Baker Sanctuary News By Christopher Murray
Every year Baker Sanctuary hosts an Open House as an interactive way to engage the local community and Travis Audubon members. This year the Open House was held on…
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