Travis Audubon Society
3710 Cedar St.
Box 5
Austin, Texas 78705
512.300.BIRD (2473)
info@travisaudubon.org
3710 Cedar St.
Box 5
Austin, Texas 78705
512.300.BIRD (2473)
info@travisaudubon.org
Our Education Mission
Travis Audubon's Education Committee is dedicated to providing
high-quality educational opportunities geared toward environmental
conservation, bird identification, and bird-friendly habitat awareness
for all ages. We focus on topics related to birds but also offer other
nature topics as appropriate, and suggestions for new courses are
welcomed.
Examples of classes that Travis Audubon typically offers are:
Our classes are led by professional instructors with significant,
relevant experience to the topics. We charge tuition (with a discount
for Travis Audubon Society members) to help cover our expenses in
offering the classes. Many of them fill up early, so if you are
interested, don't wait to register.
Our Classes below:
Click here for Non-Travis Audubon Classes
Travis Audubon's Education Committee is dedicated to providing
high-quality educational opportunities geared toward environmental
conservation, bird identification, and bird-friendly habitat awareness
for all ages. We focus on topics related to birds but also offer other
nature topics as appropriate, and suggestions for new courses are
welcomed.
Examples of classes that Travis Audubon typically offers are:
Our classes are led by professional instructors with significant,
relevant experience to the topics. We charge tuition (with a discount
for Travis Audubon Society members) to help cover our expenses in
offering the classes. Many of them fill up early, so if you are
interested, don't wait to register.
Our Classes below:
Click here for Non-Travis Audubon Classes
Scroll down this page
for upcoming class
details:
Watch for Beginning
Birding Classes
Hummingbird Gardening
July 10th
Hummingbird ID
July 15th
for upcoming class
details:
Watch for Beginning
Birding Classes
Hummingbird Gardening
July 10th
Hummingbird ID
July 15th
Course registration
To register for any Travis
Audubon class, you must
contact the course registrar
listed in the course
description and receive a
response verifying that a
place is available.
Course withdrawal
and refund policies
If a registrant withdraws from
a class at least 48 hours
before the 1st session, Travis
Audubon Society (TAS) will
offer a full refund less a $5
administrative fee that helps
defray our costs. If TAS
cancels the class, we will
fully refund the tuition.
The registrar must receive
payment for a class by 14
days before the 1st class
session. If, at that time, the
class is full and there is a
waiting list, the registrar may
remove an unpaid registrant
from the roster and offer the
place to the next person on
the waiting list.
To register for any Travis
Audubon class, you must
contact the course registrar
listed in the course
description and receive a
response verifying that a
place is available.
Course withdrawal
and refund policies
If a registrant withdraws from
a class at least 48 hours
before the 1st session, Travis
Audubon Society (TAS) will
offer a full refund less a $5
administrative fee that helps
defray our costs. If TAS
cancels the class, we will
fully refund the tuition.
The registrar must receive
payment for a class by 14
days before the 1st class
session. If, at that time, the
class is full and there is a
waiting list, the registrar may
remove an unpaid registrant
from the roster and offer the
place to the next person on
the waiting list.
| Passing It On |
At Travis Audubon we
believe that teaching
about birds and nature
is vitally important.
This way we "plant
seeds" for the future,
for the environment
and those coming after
us who will live in it.
believe that teaching
about birds and nature
is vitally important.
This way we "plant
seeds" for the future,
for the environment
and those coming after
us who will live in it.
Travis Audubon Classes
| Intermediate Birding Class (Jaci Kopra) |
Beginning Birding Classes! Check Back here for the next dates! Click here for beginning Birding Class details |
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Waterfowl Identification Class
Begin the new year by learning how to identify those
ducks! If you’ve been walking around Town Lake and
wondering what kind of ducks you see, this class will
provide you with answers. Travis Audubon Society is
pleased to announce that Jean Martin will again teach the
Waterfowl Identification Class. Jean also teaches the
Beginning Birding Class, and has almost 20 years’ birding
experience. This course will focus on ducks, grebes,
geese and other waterfowl found in Texas, especially
during the winter months. It is well suited for birders who
have completed the Beginning Birding Class or for those
who have ignored ducks because “all those females look
alike.”
The class will consist of two lectures (followed by field
trips) plus a third field trip on a different afternoon.
Lectures will be on Saturdays, Jan. 24 and Feb. 7, from 8
to 10 a.m. at Hornsby Bend. The first two field trips will
begin a few minutes after the lecture sessions end and
will last until about 2 p.m.; locations will be announced at
class time. A third field trip will be held Saturday, Feb. 21,
from noon to about 7pm. Participation in field trips is
considered an important part of the class learning
experience. Tuition is $45 for Travis Audubon Society
members and $60 for nonmembers. The class will be
limited to 14 participants. To register, e-mail
WATERFOWL or call Jean Martin at 343-7053.
Gray Jolink Memorial Chimney Swift Tower
Workshop at Chaetura Canyon
In 2008, TAS Board Member and long-time
conservationist Gray Jolink passed away unexpectedly.
Friends and colleagues have donated generously to build
a Chimney Swift Tower as a memorial to Gray. This Kiosk
Tower will be located at Mayfield Park.
You are invited to attend a free workshop sponsored by
the Education Committee, the Chaetura Canyon
Management Committee and the Gray Jolink Chimney
Swift Tower Fund. If you have ever wanted to learn more
about Chimney Swifts and how to provide new habitat for
this fascinating and beneficial species, there will never be
a better time. Join Sanctuary Stewards Georgean and
Paul Kyle to participate in this unique conservation
opportunity.
The first part of the workshop is scheduled for Sunday
March 15th from 1:00 AM ‘till 4:00 PM at Chaetura
Canyon Sanctuary. Chaetura Canyon has been the
epicenter for Chimney Swift conservation and research
world-wide for more than 20 years. The workshop will
begin with an introduction to Chimney Swifts that includes
video highlights from a typical nesting season.
Participants will then construct the nest chamber for the
Chimney Swift Tower. After the project is completed,
participants will take a one-mile walking tour of the
Chaetura Canyon Bird Sanctuary. There are currently 16
Chimney Swift towers on the property that demonstrate a
variety of designs and materials. One of the towers will
be opened, and the class will be shown how to evaluate
the nesting productivity of last year’s season.
Refreshments will be served on the deck overlooking the
Canyon following the tour.
The second part of the workshop involves installing the
tower at Mayfield Park. This will include preparing the
site, pouring the slab, building the tower and attaching
the surrounding Kiosk. The date for the installation will
be scheduled to have the tower completed by April 1st.
The finishing touch will be a plaque to memorialize Gray’s
commitment and contribution to environmental
conservation.
Registration is limited to 12 builders (16 years of age and
older). For more information or to sign up for the
workshop, please contact Anne Donovan at 472-3030 or
email her at ANNE.
For a preview of the walking tour, visit CHIMNEY SWIFTS
and click on the “Chaetura Canyon Bird Sanctuary” link.
Begin the new year by learning how to identify those
ducks! If you’ve been walking around Town Lake and
wondering what kind of ducks you see, this class will
provide you with answers. Travis Audubon Society is
pleased to announce that Jean Martin will again teach the
Waterfowl Identification Class. Jean also teaches the
Beginning Birding Class, and has almost 20 years’ birding
experience. This course will focus on ducks, grebes,
geese and other waterfowl found in Texas, especially
during the winter months. It is well suited for birders who
have completed the Beginning Birding Class or for those
who have ignored ducks because “all those females look
alike.”
The class will consist of two lectures (followed by field
trips) plus a third field trip on a different afternoon.
Lectures will be on Saturdays, Jan. 24 and Feb. 7, from 8
to 10 a.m. at Hornsby Bend. The first two field trips will
begin a few minutes after the lecture sessions end and
will last until about 2 p.m.; locations will be announced at
class time. A third field trip will be held Saturday, Feb. 21,
from noon to about 7pm. Participation in field trips is
considered an important part of the class learning
experience. Tuition is $45 for Travis Audubon Society
members and $60 for nonmembers. The class will be
limited to 14 participants. To register, e-mail
WATERFOWL or call Jean Martin at 343-7053.
Gray Jolink Memorial Chimney Swift Tower
Workshop at Chaetura Canyon
In 2008, TAS Board Member and long-time
conservationist Gray Jolink passed away unexpectedly.
Friends and colleagues have donated generously to build
a Chimney Swift Tower as a memorial to Gray. This Kiosk
Tower will be located at Mayfield Park.
You are invited to attend a free workshop sponsored by
the Education Committee, the Chaetura Canyon
Management Committee and the Gray Jolink Chimney
Swift Tower Fund. If you have ever wanted to learn more
about Chimney Swifts and how to provide new habitat for
this fascinating and beneficial species, there will never be
a better time. Join Sanctuary Stewards Georgean and
Paul Kyle to participate in this unique conservation
opportunity.
The first part of the workshop is scheduled for Sunday
March 15th from 1:00 AM ‘till 4:00 PM at Chaetura
Canyon Sanctuary. Chaetura Canyon has been the
epicenter for Chimney Swift conservation and research
world-wide for more than 20 years. The workshop will
begin with an introduction to Chimney Swifts that includes
video highlights from a typical nesting season.
Participants will then construct the nest chamber for the
Chimney Swift Tower. After the project is completed,
participants will take a one-mile walking tour of the
Chaetura Canyon Bird Sanctuary. There are currently 16
Chimney Swift towers on the property that demonstrate a
variety of designs and materials. One of the towers will
be opened, and the class will be shown how to evaluate
the nesting productivity of last year’s season.
Refreshments will be served on the deck overlooking the
Canyon following the tour.
The second part of the workshop involves installing the
tower at Mayfield Park. This will include preparing the
site, pouring the slab, building the tower and attaching
the surrounding Kiosk. The date for the installation will
be scheduled to have the tower completed by April 1st.
The finishing touch will be a plaque to memorialize Gray’s
commitment and contribution to environmental
conservation.
Registration is limited to 12 builders (16 years of age and
older). For more information or to sign up for the
workshop, please contact Anne Donovan at 472-3030 or
email her at ANNE.
For a preview of the walking tour, visit CHIMNEY SWIFTS
and click on the “Chaetura Canyon Bird Sanctuary” link.