We’re taking a break for the summer. No scheduled field trips or programs during June, July, and August. But that doesn’t mean we’ll be sitting on the beach, eating chocolate bonbons and watching the clouds float by. Well…maybe one of us will be sitting on the beach. Even die-hard birders need a break every now […]

Do you know what this wildflower is? Or how about this tree…do you know what it is? Me neither. Until I met Dr. Herb Grover, the most knowledgeable plant person around the Big Country. Dr. Grover, professor of Biology and Environmental Management at Hardin-Simmons University will speak to us on the flora of Taylor County […]

March 6, Thursday, 7pm. General Meeting. Lorie Black, past President of Big Country Audubon Society, will present a program on dragonflies. For the past year Lorie has been studying and photographing the area’s dragonflies and damselflies. She will share her pictures and knowledge of Odonata. Lorie is a native Abilenian and a graduate of ACU […]

Join us February 7, 2008 for our general meeting when Dr. William L. Hohman, Wildlife Biologist of the Fort Worth USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Services will present a program on Bird Responses to Grassland and Wetland Restorations in the Northern Plains. He’ll focus on restorations accomplished under USDA conservation programs. Dr. Hohman serves as the […]

Join us for our field trip to Lake Colorado City State Park, Saturday, January 19, 2008. We will leave from the What-a-Burger at South 1st and Pioneer at 7:30a.m. Come earlier to order breakfast and carpool. Dress for the weather, bring water, snacks, and money for lunch. CCSP charges an entrance fee but several of […]

December 6, 2007: Christmas Party! Who: All Big Country Audubon members and their families What: Christmas Party When: Thursday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. Where: Rose Park Activity Center located at S. 7th and Barrow, Room A Bring: Your favorite finger foods, snacks, and a wrapped gift for the Christmas gift exchange (completely voluntary). Please […]

Lynn Barber will tell us how she saw 522 bird species in 2005, creating a new Texas Big Year record! She will show pictures of some of the birds seen and the sites visited. During that year, she drove more than 90,000 miles from forest to canyons to grasslands and beaches in her quest to […]

Join us Thursday evening at 7 p.m., October 4, 2007 to hear Laura Packer talk about the Dyess Air Force Base Eastern Bluebird Nestbox Trail. For the past two years Laura has monitored the nestboxes at Dyess, and she will share her pictures, stories, and data with us. This is the same program she presented […]

Please join us for a fun evening of food, fellowship, and silent auction, Thursday evening, September 6 at the Lodge at Oakwood Trails. We’ll eat about 6:30 but come early if you’d like to bird the area. We’re going casual again this year; bring your own food (sandwiches was the norm last year). Drinks, dessert […]

Thursday, May 3, 2007 Big Country Audubon’s annual Spring Social at Cedar Gap Farm, 6 p.m. Please join us for a fun evening of food, birds, and birders! BCAS will provide the brisket and drinks; all you need to add is two side dishes such as vegetable, salad, bread or dessert. No program; we’re watching […]