Join Doug Booher and Travis Audubon in refreshing your skills in identifying warblers! Doug will provide an introduction to the 46 species of warblers that regularly occur in Texas, including discussion of taxonomy, range of occurrence, breeding status, and habitats. Doug will help you focus on the identification of those regularly occurring warblers that are especially challenging to identify.

Central Texans have a wealth of hummingbirds visiting us each year. From our nesting Ruby-throated and Black-chinned Hummingbirds to the elusive visitors like Broad-billed Hummingbirds and Green-breasted Mango, Central Texas hummingbirds can be a challenge to identify.

Join Shelia Hargis and Laurie Foss for a different type of field trip at Commons Ford Park. Bring your favorite lawn chair and join us for a morning of sitting in the shade, watching and discussing bird behavior, practicing your ID skills on immature birds, and practicing your birding-by-ear skills. We’ll visit a couple of locations but most of the time will be spent letting the birds come to us and closely observing the birds and their behavior. The trip is limited to 12 participants and reservations are required. If you’re interested, register online.

Join avid birder Sam Fason to bird his local patch – the beautiful grounds of the Austin Museum of Art – Laguna Gloria where Sam has logged over 190 species. All skill levels are welcome. Take 35th street west from MOPAC past Camp Mabry until it dead ends. The museum is on the left at 3809 W. 35th St.