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Texas Horned Lizards If You’Re Like Most Texans of a Certain Age, You’Ve Got Memories of finding “Buckets” of Horned Lizards in Your Youth Subscribe Past Issues Translate RSS View this email in your browser September/October 2020 Newsletter In this issue: Visit our website for updates: Bexar Audubon Society President's Message Update on Bird City Texas Audubon Course Online: Puffins BAS August 26 Online Meeting: Bats BAS/Mitchell Lake Sept. 8: Hummingbirds BAS September 23 Online Meeting: American Badgers BAS October 8: Preventing Bird Strikes BAS October 28 Online Meeting: Building Bird-friendly Cities BAS/SA Audubon Nov. 5: Texas Horned Lizard Sparrow ID Presentation Sept. 3: S. A. Audubon Society Mitchell Lake Audubon Center Online Presentations Welcome New BAS Members Thank You, BAS Donors! Call for BAS Volunteers AmazonSmile Area Birding Info Membership & BAS Board PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Patsy Inglet, President Even though COVID-19 cases are on a downward trend in our area and some schools are offering in- person instruction, Bexar Audubon is continuing to hold our meetings and other programs remotely. Of course, we are looking forward to the re-opening of Mitchell Lake Audubon Center sometime this fall so we can see birds and our fellow birders in person and stretch our birding brain cells while keeping our social distance. Great Texas Birding Classic: Another opportunity is the 24th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic, postponed this spring due to health concerns, but now rescheduled for October 1-31. With new rules and birding team categories, it still supports Texas Parks & Wildlife bird and birding conservation project grants while meeting pandemic health guidelines. Take a look at the GTBC website, put together a team, pick a date in October that works for you, and get out there! Special Event: Looking ahead to the first Thursday of November (11/5), Bexar Audubon and San Antonio Audubon are once again teaming up for a fall event with a very special speaker, Dr. Andy Gluesenkamp, Director of the San Antonio Zoo Center for Conservation and Research. Andy will explain how the Zoo is working to conserve one of everyone’s favorite Texas critters, the Texas Horned Lizard. This year we will forgo gathering in a big group for dinner and instead listen by Zoom and donate all reservation proceeds to the Zoo Conservation Program. BAS Website: Please visit the Bexar Audubon Society website to check out all the other great information on bird-friendly lifestyles, bird conservation, bird photos, and ideas shared by members from all 9 counties that Bexar Audubon Society serves. If you haven’t purchased your 2020-21 Duck Stamp, we still have a few left; see details on our Home Page. Monthly Donations are Welcome: We love birds and we love our members! If you are receiving our newsletters and attending our programs and are not yet a member of Bexar Audubon, we welcome your interest. We would also appreciate your support as a member or donor. You can join and/or donate online using PayPal. Monthly donations are especially appreciated for keeping our ongoing activities funded. No matter where you live and bird, we are only a click away. Stay Cool and Bird On. Don't miss our posts and events on Facebook and Instagram. Click on the icons below to check them out! Update on Bird City Texas Status for San Antonio Bexar Audubon is spearheading efforts to certify San Antonio as a Bird City Texas. A steering committee led by co-chairs Britt Coleman (BAS Board Secretary) and Sherie Gee (BAS Outings Co-chair) is coordinating the complex application process to submit to Audubon Texas and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. "We’re making great progress toward accomplishing our action items for Bird City Texas," said Britt. "The interesting learning, for me anyway, is just how much habitat preservation work is being done across our community. When you look at the combined efforts of all the different organizations in San Antonio, we’re an extremely aware community environmentally. Some of the organizations participating in Bird City Texas San Antonio include the City of San Antonio (COSA) Parks and Recreation Department, COSA Office of Sustainability, Native Plant Society of Texas, Alamo Area Master Naturalists, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, Headwaters at Incarnate Word, Texas Invasives, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio Water System, and more. Collectively, these organizations are helping San Antonio preserve, and in many cases, reclaim habitat for birds and other wildlife…and by extension, ourselves as well." All About Pufns Hog Island Audubon Camp presents Puffin Islands Online, a seven-part course that provides a window into the lives of seabirds by four leading seabird biologists. Participants may view presentations at their convenience and as many times as desired without an expiration date. Live Q&A webinars will be hosted in September. Registra- tion is limited to assure opportunities to interact with the instructors. Now through August 31, 2020, the $125 course is offered at a 20% discount if you enter the code EARLYBIRD at checkout. Click here to learn more and to register. Bexar Audubon Society was established on August 25, 1983. Happy 37th anniversary! BAS August Monthly Online Meeting An Introduction to Bats Nyta Brown Park Superintendent Old Tunnel State Park Wednesday, August 26 ● 6:30 PM ● Zoom Nyta Brown from Old Tunnel State Park near Comfort will talk to us about the different species of bats in Texas, their habits and habitats, and their importance to the environment. Approved for Alamo Area Master Naturalist AT hours. About Nyta Nyta received a Master's Degree in Applied Geography with an emphasis in Environmental Education from Texas State University and has worked at Old Tunnel State Park since 2005, first as a Wildlife Biologist with the Wildlife Division. She also travels to other locations in Texas to conduct bat research. Approved for Alamo Area Master Naturalist AT hours. To Join the Zoom Presentation: Click HERE to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 860 4875 6627 Password: 271535 Dial in: 1 (346) 248-7799 Please enter your first and last names when you enter the Zoom meeting; otherwise, you will not be admitted. Thank you for helping us keep our meetings more secure. Audubon Premier Event Online Program The Littlest Birds Sing the Prettiest Songs Tuesday, September 08, 2020 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Central Co-sponsored by Mitchell Lake Audubon Center Zoom Webinar | Registration Cost: $5 Register HERE Song Learning and Courtship Displays of Hummingbirds Dr. Christopher J. Clark, Associate Professor, University of California Riverside, will present recent results from research on how Costa's Hummingbirds learn their songs, as well as research about how they produce an amazing array of sounds with their wings and tail- feathers, with an emphasis on hummingbirds of Texas. BAS September Monthly Online Meeting Natural History of American Badgers Dr. Pamela R. Owen Associate Director of Texas Memorial Museum Wednesday, September 23 ● 6:30 PM ● Zoom In 1877 ornithologist Elliott Coues described the American badger as "one of the most secret animals of this country." Known for their fierce attitude, aptitude for digging, and a preference for open habitats far away from people, American badgers are quite different from their not-so-closely related kin in Eurasia. In this talk, we will explore what discoveries have been made about this remarkable mammal, focusing on its biology, ecology, and fossil record. Approved for Alamo Area Master Naturalist AT hours. About Dr. Pamela R. Owen Dr. Pamela R. Owen is Associate Director of Texas Memorial Museum, the natural history museum at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a mammalogist and vertebrate paleontologist. Her formal education includes a B.A. and M.S. in Biology from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Owen conducted her master’s thesis research on saber- toothed cats, American lions, coyotes, and dire wolves at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum in Los Angeles, CA. In May 2000, Dr. Owen was awarded a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. Her doctoral work focused on the evolution of American badgers and included the description and naming of a new fossil badger species, Chamitataxus avitus. To Join the Zoom Presentation: Click HERE to Join the Zoom Meeting Please enter your first and last names when you enter the Zoom meeting. Thank you for helping us keep our meetings more secure. BAS October Online Presentations Saving Birds One Building at a Time Lindsay Jacks Director of Lights Out Baltimore Thursday, October 8 ● 6:30 PM ● Zoom Every 9 seconds, a bird strikes a building and dies. Learn how migratory birds and bats are affected by light pollution and glass collisions, how to create a collision monitoring program, what species have been rescued, and how YOU can protect birds and bats at your own home. Approved for Alamo Area Master Naturalist AT hours. About Lindsay Jacks Lindsay is the Director of Lights Out Baltimore (LOB). In 10 years, they have collected over 4,000 birds, rescued 1,300 birds, rescued 70 bats, and installed bird-safe products for commercial buildings. Volunteers monitor daily during migration to rescue injured birds and bats that have fallen victim to light pollution and building collisions. LOB works with the city and local organizations to reduce light pollution and advocate for sustainable building design. Lindsay has been a bird keeper in Association of Zoo and Aquariums (AZA) institutions for 10 years and serves on the committee of AZA SAFE (Saving Species from Extinction) North American Songbird program. Lindsay enjoys volunteering at Phoenix Wildlife Center to care for the injured birds and bats she finds on her LOB walks and releasing them back to the wild. To Join the Zoom Presentation: Registration is required. Click HERE to register. Please enter your first and last names when you enter the Zoom meeting.
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