By Christine Wehrli, Community Outreach Programs Manager In March, amidst preparation for all things spring migration this year, I received some unfortunate news. I would need to get knee surgery after tearing my ACL and menisci in a rugby game. This meant 7 weeks of crutches and a non-weight bearing left leg, which also meant […]
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By Jesi Malowitz, Development Manager, Individual Giving, Houston Audubon Standing at Platform A at the Smith Oaks Rookery on Bolivar Peninsula, I fix my binoculars on a Roseate Spoonbill clumsily landing on a nest over Claybottom Pond. In its bill is a carefully chosen stick to add to its nest. As the spoonbill searches for […]
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By Wyatt Egelhoff, Houston Audubon Sanctuary Manager Since it was signed into law in 1973 by US President Richard Nixon, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a hallmark of American environmental conservation. The ESA provides a framework by which declining species are identified, designated, and protected. Most importantly, it creates a mandate for a […]
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By Charlie Ayers When visiting High Island, you will undoubtedly be enamored by the abundance of spring migrants that litter the trees and ground. So much that you may completely forget to eat! Once that hunger really hits, you’ll be wondering “where can I grab a bite around here?” Well, not to fear. In this […]
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By Charlie Ayers, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician As we are all huddled up in our houses drinking our coffee, tea or hot chocolate, many of us reading this blog post are probably watching the birds at our feeders stuffing their little beaks full of seeds. This brings questions to mind like “how do the […]
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By Nick Minnich, Houston Audubon Coastal Conservation Technician More than a century of community science efforts has provided researchers, conservation biologists, and wildlife agencies with valuable data related to the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America. While originating as an alternative to the popular Christmas “Side Hunt,” this community science event […]
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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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By Schyler Brown, Wyatt Egelhoff (Conservation Specialists) & Pete Deichmann, Land Conservation Director, Houston Audubon Six years ago, in May 2018, all that remained was a hastily assembled jumble of sticks sitting atop a 6’ by 8’ skeleton platform. Houston Audubon staff had installed the fenced platform in the hopes of attracting a few nesting […]
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By Schyler Brown, Conservation Specialist June 5th is World Environment Day, and for every minute in the day, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic will make its way to the ocean, harming countless wildlife. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastics to a quantity that is harmful to living organisms. Larger plastics can be mistaken […]
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