By Schyler Brown, Conservation Specialist I want to thank John LeaRussa, a member of the Edith L. Moore Trail Crew, for his hard work and dedication as a Houston Audubon volunteer. The Trail Crew is a team of volunteers who assist the sanctuary manager in maintaining the life of our trail systems at Edith L. […]
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By Miqdaad Bhuriwala, YPAC Member On April 29th, I volunteered at Part 3 of the Witness Series celebrating the Latino Connection to Wildlife and Nature. This event at Burnett Bayland Park in Gulfton was hosted in partnership with Madres del Parque, The Nature Conservancy, and Houston Audubon. One of the goals of this event was […]
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By Amanda Kingston-Beetle, Houston Audubon Member I was lucky to grow up with my mother, a birder, who tried to instill that love of birds and the outdoors into me and my sisters. But it wasn’t until my late twenties that I became interested in birds and started to share that affinity with my mother, […]
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By Aimee Friend, Laurel Ladwig and Sam Oke While it’s the birds that bring visitors to our High Island sanctuaries, it’s passionate people that make the place truly special. Houston Audubon was established in 1969 by a group of dedicated volunteers who wanted to create an organization focused on protecting birds and habitat while introducing […]
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By Gabriel Durham, Volunteer Manager Each February, Houston Audubon hosts a Volunteer Picnic to present the annual Laura Singleton Exceptional Volunteer Award and celebrate the collective contributions of our valued volunteers. To best understand the award, it is good to understand the contributions of Laura Singleton herself. Lauded as the “consummate soldier in Audubon’s army”, […]
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By Charlona Ingram, Houston Audubon Volunteer In 2016, Houston Audubon began surveying birds on Glenbrook Golf Course next to the Raptor and Education Center. The bird surveys continued even as the property was turned over to the Houston Botanic Garden in 2018. Beginning the surveys while the property was still in use as a golf course […]
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By Lauren Miheli, Membership and Volunteer Manager On Saturday, September 18th, about 35 volunteers gathered to help improve shorebird habitat by cleaning up the beach at our Bolivar Flats Sanctuary. This event was part of a statewide effort to turn the tide against marine debris called Adopt-a-Beach. It was also one of the first official […]
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✏️ By Lauren Miheli, Houston Audubon Membership and Volunteer Manager As you might expect, the majority of Houston Audubon’s members are from… that’s right, Texas. You might be surprised (as we were!) to learn that we have members in not only Texas, but in 21 other states around the country! We were curious about why […]
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By Taylor Rhoades, Special Project Chair, YPAC, and Anna Vallery, Conservation Specialist, Houston Audubon It doesn’t take much effort to find advice on how to support birds. In fact, a simple Google search produces hundreds of helpful resources in a matter of seconds. So, if the information is out there, then why are so few […]
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Houston Audubon announced the 2020 Laura Singleton Exceptional Volunteer at a virtual event celebrating our volunteers at the conclusion of National Volunteer Week. Our deserving honoree for 2020 is JD Carballo, volunteer maintenance technician at Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary. JD has been an active and frequent volunteer at Edith L. Moore since 2014. We […]
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