By Conor McKinney and Kirsten Vernin, Houston Audubon Young Professionals Advisory Council 2024 Houston Audubon celebrated the sixth annual Bird Week at the end of September. 44 different events were held throughout the region, which was the highest number of activities of any Bird Week to date! This was only made possible thanks to the […]
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) Family: Recurvirostridae By Charlie Ayers, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician This week’s Beak of the Week is one of the funkiest ones out there, the American Avocet. Look for this large wading bird’s long, thin, uniquely upturned bill, bold black and white wings and long blue-gray legs. American Avocets, like many […]
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We’re excited to welcome the newest member of our team, Christine Wehrli! Christine first got into birding during the pandemic, as it made her daily walks much more interesting. Her spark bird was a Black-bellied Whistling Duck. Prior to joining Houston Audubon, she worked in a variety of fields, including sustainable tourism, library services, and […]
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By Schyler Brown, Houston Audubon Conservation Specialist Besides humans, other animals need to travel in order to go places, see things, and enjoy an enriching life. It is true that some animals do not travel very far, like the Brown Tube Sponge (Agelas conifera) which, after attaching itself to the sea floor, spends most of […]
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By Gabriel Durham, Bird-Friendly Communities Program Manager This summer, Memorial City Plaza became the first multi-story major commercial building in Houston to work with Houston Audubon to install window film to prevent bird collisions! This accomplishment is a big step forward in making Houston more Bird-Friendly and is a testament to how small connections can […]
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By Gabriel Durham, Bird-Friendly Communities Program Manager Here at Houston Audubon, when we talk about going “Lights Out,” we keep it pretty bird focused. Keeping your exterior lights out at night is an essential step to reducing bird mortality during migration and generally improving the quality of avian life at night. However, going “Lights Out” […]
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Welcome to the newest member of our team, Macheli Flores! Macheli Flores comes from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where her family first instilled in her a love for the environment, especially animals and flowers. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, she worked in education and administrative positions in the Austin area before […]
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By Amber Leung, Nature Programs Manager Purple Martins, our largest swallow, spend their time demonstrating impressive aerial acrobatics as they eat and drink on the wing. While it’s sadly not true that they eat a significant number of mosquitoes, they DO consume as many as 2,000 flying insects a day. They’re also the only bird […]
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By Mateo Villagrana-Ocasio, Houston Audubon’s Spring 2024 Community Outreach Intern This spring, Houston Audubon received funding from Drax Foundation to hire a seasonal outreach intern. We were thrilled to have Mateo Villagrana-Ocasio join the team and complete his spring project – a bilingual scavenger hunt through Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary for children visiting the sanctuary […]
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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Family: Picidae By Grace Yaros, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician Red-headed Woodpeckers are among the most handsome and distinctive woodpeckers in North America. Adults are striking, with bright cherry red heads, white bellies, and black backs with a contrasting white rump. Their wings are black with large, bold white patches on […]
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