The 3rd Annual International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is coming up in Canada, Mexico and the United States from 27 July to 4 August 2019. For one week, the Blitz invites people across North America to go out to gardens, parks and green areas and monitor milkweed plants for monarch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies. This... Read More →
First Monday Bird Survey at Hogg Bird Sanctuary Leader: Skip Almoney HAS is conducting a monthly survey at Hogg Bird Sanctuary. Beginning in March 2019, the surveys will be held on the first Monday of the month. Skip Almoney is the leader. The Hogg Bird Sanctuary is adjacent to Bayou Bend and shares its parking... Read More →
Discover the delicious side of nature. Texas provides an abundance of wild edible leaves, seeds, flowers, roots, and shoots – if you know where to look. Learn where to find, how to identify, and how to properly prepare a seasonal selection of local edible plant species. As our landscape changes throughout the year, the selection... Read More →
Where: KPC's Indiangrass Preserve and Shrike Prairie When: Tuesdays | 9 am – 3 pm (Also every Friday and Saturday of the month | 9 am – 1 pm) Who: All are welcomed to participate – no experience necessary. Physical Requirements: Bending, kneeling, or sitting on the ground; some light lifting. What to wear: Closed-toed shoes,... Read More →
The Tuesday trail crew at Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary meets from 9 AM until noon every Tuesday year-round. Trail crew projects include everything under the sun, including boardwalk construction and maintenance, trail trimming and privet/ligustrum removal. Please contact Juanita Perkins at jperkins@houstonaudubon.org to sign up.
The Coastal Prairie Conservancy (CPC) seeks “Preserve and Native Nursery Volunteers”. Its COVID-19 Update notes volunteer opportunities are “Open to vaccinated volunteers”. “Come get your hands dirty on the prairie. Every Tuesday and Friday on the Indiangrass Preserve, volunteers participate in activities critical to the success of our restoration program. Volunteers maintain the Ann... Read More →
Come help out at Seabourne Creek Nature Park, our signature project! Our starting time has moved to 9am. There are several areas that we need help in: Butterfly Garden Weeding, mulching, planting Prairie Demo Garden Planning habitat gardens, planting, weeding, mulching, establishing water features, etc. Prairie Restoration Project Bumping up plants, weeding pots, help... Read More →
Join in on the weekly bird walk at Kleb Woods Nature Preserve. They are surveying for birds that they have seen on the property over the last many years of bird walks. You can join them at any of their walks which generally happen each Wednesday (currently scheduled for 8:00 a.m.) Kleb Woods Nature Preserve... Read More →
Donald Beard, Caprock Canyon State Park and Dr. Maureen Franke, Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Robert Perez, Texas Parks & Wildlife Just like the wild turkey and the American alligator, the American bison was nearly driven to extinction due to human activites. Today, populations are stable and growing. How did that happen? Discover how you... Read More →
Are you tired of fighting clover in your yard? You know you can eat the leaves and make a sweet tea from the flowers. Did you get bitten by a mosquito? Rub crushed plantain leaves on the bite to relieve pain and itching. Need a dose of Vitamin C? Make an easy tea... Read More →
Every Friday morning, Houston Audubon volunteers work in the Natives Nursery at Edith L Moore Nature Sanctuary, separating seedlings and bumping up wildflowers and grasses into 1-gallon containers. The plants are then used in coastal prairie restoration projects or are offered for sale in support of the Bird Friendly Community Program. There are breaks... Read More →
Did you know that while we’re sweltering in the heat of July on the prairie, some migrating birds are already flying south for the winter? How do they know it’s time to go? Join long-time volunteer and board member Iris Poteet for a fantastic presentation on Katy Prairie birds at The Cafe at Brookwood. All... Read More →
Presented by Iris Poteet, Katy Prairie Conservancy board member. Lunch to follow presentation.
A Monthly Bird Count at the Houston Arboretum Work on your bird watching skills while helping the Arboretum monitor bird populations on a fun, relaxed morning walk. Meet on the second Saturday of each month in the courtyard behind the building for a two-hour bird survey led by Arboretum staff members, Kelsey Low and... Read More →
Stop throwing your food scraps in the trash. Come learn the how tos and the benefits of bokashi and vermicomposting. Bokashi composting uses kitchen scraps of all kinds, including meat and dairy products, mixed with inoculated bran to make compost faster than bin composting. Vermicomposting uses composting worms to recycle kitchen, garden, and specific paper... Read More →
Tour the state-of-the-art facility with NWS meteorologists who track threatening weather along the Texas coastline. Meet at the National Weather Service in Dickinson. Map and directions will be e-mailed prior to trip. Limited to 20 participants.