By Channing Mena, Houston Audubon Education Specialist The big frog pond located between Houston Audubon’s Natives Nursery and the historic log cabin was originally built by Edith and Jesse Moore to raise American bullfrogs to be sold to local restaurants for their legs. While it has held up well over the past 90 years, our […]
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Cheryl Newcomb is a fundraising professional with more than 25 years of leadership experience advancing mission-driven organizations through strategic resource development. She brings a strong track record of building sustainable fundraising programs that connect people to purpose and drive long-term impact. Prior to joining Houston Audubon, Cheryl led development efforts at the Contemporary Arts Museum […]
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Instructions By Schyler Brown, Conservation Science Project Manager Want to attract a wider variety of birds to your yard? Just add running water! While a standard birdbath is a great start, a DIY bird drip water feature takes your backyard habitat to the next level. The moving water acts like a magnet for wildlife. The […]
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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Family: Icteridae The plumage of the adult male Baltimore Oriole is striking as he moves among our neighborhood treetops. Adult males are flame-orange and black, with a solid-black head and one white bar on their black wings. Females and immature males are yellow-orange on the breast, grayish on the head and […]
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Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) Family: Parulidae By Spencer Poling, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician This week’s Beak of the Week is the Northern Yellow Warbler! If you’re already familiar with this bird, you may have noticed the addition of “Northern” to their name. This is because taxonomists have split the Central American Mangrove subspecies […]
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Isaac has been birdwatching for over a decade and is now turning that passion into a career. He spent the first 11 years of his life in southeastern China, then moved to Starkville, Mississippi for school. He received an associate’s degree in animal sciences at East Mississippi Community College and a bachelor’s in biology with […]
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Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Family: Icteriidae By Robert Buckert, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician Chuck! — toop-toop-toop-toop — jedek! — chrrrr —- cherk! This strung out set of onomatopoeias is our best attempt at describing the song of the enigmatic Yellow-breasted Chat (proudly featured on our High Island patch of 2007). Perhaps more useful than […]
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By Lili Banta, Wildlife Photographer Every spring, birders from across the country head to High Island, a small coastal community on the upper Texas Gulf Coast that quietly transforms into one of the most important migration sites in North America [1]. Thanks to its unique position atop a salt dome and its proximity to the […]
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Houston Audubon is sad to share the passing of a dear friend and visionary conservationist, Steven Craig Damuth. Craig didn’t just appreciate nature; he dedicated his life to ensuring it would endure for generations. From his early days birding and fishing in the pineywoods of East Texas, Craig developed a deep-seated belief that habitat was […]
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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) Family: Tyrannidae By Spencer Poling, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician This week’s Beak of the Week goes out to the Great Kiskadee that hung around Smith Oaks for nearly three weeks! From March 9-28, this unique flycatcher made birding Smith Oaks extra exciting, with the chance of seeing it at any […]
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