You are cordially invited to the Big Country Audubon Society’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the lodge at Oakwood Trails. Bring a brown bag dinner. Soft drinks and dessert will be provided. We will walk the trails, bird around the lodge or just enjoy the air conditioning! In a brief […]

Come join us on our field trip to the Waste Water Treatment Plant Saturday, August 26, 2006. We’ll meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Skillets Restaurant on East I-20. If you want breakfast, come early (most of us will show up about 6:45 or 7:00 for breakfast). Bring hats, water, sunscreen, bugspray, and optical equipment. […]

This Saturday, July 8, we will meet at the entrance to Oakwood Trails at 7:30 a.m. Oakwood is located on the Abilene State School campus. Check out our directions if you are uncertain as to where to meet. The breeding birds are still singing so we should find Painted Bunting, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Scissor-tailed […]

Mark Klym from Texas Parks and Wildlife will present a program on the hummingbirds of Texas. Mark co-authored Hummingbirds of Texas with Clifford Shakelford and Madge Lindsey. Written for a general audience, with spectacular images for birders and nature enthusiasts at every level, Hummingbirds of Texas reveals the enormous appeal of this tiniest and shiniest […]

On Saturday morning, May 20, at 7 a.m. we will leave the parking lot at the What-a-Burger on South 1st and Pioneer to bird Lake Sweetwater and surrounding areas in Nolan County.  Those wishing to eat breakfast should come earlier.  We will carpool from the What-a-Burger. We will be looking for the summer breeders such […]

Bring binoculars and come hungry!

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Please join us for our April 6 general meeting at 7 p.m. at Rose Park Senior Citizens Center, Room A. We will watch a video on the warblers of North America. Produced by Michael Male and Judy Fieth the American Birding Association reports: “Certainly the best video we have observed on any one group of […]

Ready to bird out of town and find those western species? Read on for more details!

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