Meetings & Events
Bexar Audubon South Central Texas offers you engaging
presentations, enlightening topics, useful workshops,
and enriching discussions during our monthly meetings and other events.
Please join us!
Monthly Meeting - October
Beyond the Grave
With Danielle Belleny (Via Zoom)
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
6:00 PM (in-person) 6:30 pm (Zoom)
Cemeteries serve many purposes beyond the obvious. They are popular spots to find wildlife, secretive plants, and peace of mind. How can our actions now and in the afterlife benefit the ecology of our communities? This presentation is an exploration of cemeteries from a nature watchers perspective.
Danielle Belleny is a San Antonio-raised wildlife biologist and birder. In 2022, Danielle published her first book, This Is A Book For People Who Love Birds, and in 2023 she released a children’s book, The Junior Birders Handbook. In her free time, she enjoys nature watching in cemeteries. Other work by Danielle centers the biological importance of cemeteries and encourages a shift in North American death culture. Her writings can be found in Birding and Vermilion Flycatcher.
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the morning of the meeting, and
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If you plan to attend the meeting in person at Alamo Colleges District, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215 at 6:00 PM, please sign up here .
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Meeting ID: 889 0315 5229
Passcode: 748692
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“THANKS FOR GIVING”
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT
Wednesday, NOVEMBER 11
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
6:00-6:30 Mix & Mingle
6:30 Catered Dinner
7:30 Program & Raffle
Alamo Colleges ACCESS Building Meeting Room
2222 N. Alamo St., San Antonio 78215
Bexar Audubon South Central Texas couldn’t do what we do without the help of all our volunteers.
Whether you served on the board or on a committee, led a bird walk, surveyed a property, brought food for a meeting, contributed, or did anything to help us with our Mission,
we sincerely thank you.
This event is RSVP ONLY.
Each volunteer may bring one guest.
Please sign each person up separately.
Limit is 40, so sign up early HERE.
Deadline is Friday, 11/6.
Please let us know if you sign up to attend and have to cancel.
For Questions or Cancellations, please contact patsy@bexaraudubon.org
In Case You Missed It:
Bexar Audubon South Central Texas online presentations are available on YouTube
The Issue With Tissue: How small consumer changes can help protect North America's migratory bird populations and shift giant corporate behavior with Shelley Vinyard & Brian Rodgers-August 2026
Following the Birds: Art + Community with Mark Menjivar-July 2026
Grassland Bird Conservation: What’s good for the bird..
with Fabby Baeza-Tarin-June 2026
The Equivocal Nature of Change: Raptor Response to European Settlement of the Southern High Plains with Dr. Clint Boal-May 2026
BASCTx Community Grant Program - with Mark Menjivar, recipient-May 2026
Immersion Therapy: 2025 Big Year Texas with Tim Handren, Conservationist
Spicy Noodles of Central Texas: A short guide to the venomous snakes of our area with Gilbert Martinez, Biologist, TPWD Superintendent
The Camera as an Important Tool for the Obsessive Birder
with Ken Butler, Naturalist and Photographer
The Wonderful World of Texas Owls with Romey Swanson, Conservationist
Searching for Lost Birds: How Rare Birds Can Inspire Exploration and Conservation in the Age of Extinction With Dr. John C. Mittermeier
Beyond the Birds of Texas with David Sarkozi, Author
The Damming of Texas with Dr. Larry McKinney
Personal Habitat: 30 Years of Wildlife Gardening with Julie Zickefoose, Author
Texas Flies, Oh My! by Sheryl Smith-Rodgers, Texas Master Naturalist
Birds and Weather by Dr. Michael Erb, Climate Scientist
Pesticides and Birds: A Toxic Relationship by Hardy Kern, American Bird Conservancy Director of Pesticides and Birds Campaign
Our Rewild Ranch Journey by Landowner Brice Moczygemba
Preserving the Night Sky and Reducing Light Pollution by Dr. Steven Grainger for Comal County Friends of the Night Sky
City Nature Challenge 2025: Birders Wanted by Jane Weeden and Peter Joseph Hernandez
Grassland Restoration at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center by Corina Solis
Hidden Hunters: Exploring Evolutionary Owl Adaptations by Owl Research Institute founder, Denver Holt
Easy Ways to Increase Access and Inclusion for Disabled Birders by Freya McGregor
The Paleohistory of Adélie Penguins in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, and Climate Change by Dr. Steve Emslie
Birding to Change the World:
A Conversation with author Dr. Trish O'Kane
Audubon Texas Conservation in ACTION
by Dr. Richard Gibbons
Flycatchers of North America
by Cin-Ty Lee
Bringing Nature Home Using Native Plants: A Personal Journey
by Craig Hensley
The Spiders of Central Texas by Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
Ferdinand Lindheimer: From Political Exile to "Father of Texas Botany" by Betty Keese
Recovering the Lost Words by David Cook
Land Stewardship for Birds: A Guide for Central Texas by Rufus Stephens & Jan Wrede
Raptors of Texas by Dr. Craig Farquhar
PowerPoints Slides Click Here.
Cats Indoors: Better for Cats, Better for Birds, Better for People by Grant Sizemore
Restoring and Creating Pollinator Habitats by Dr. Sean Griffin
Exposure of terrestrial birds to microplastic: The effects of urbanization and ecological traits
Presented by Alexis Baum
Ocelots in Texas: Conservation Challenges and Opportunities by Dr. Sharon Wilcox
30,000 Miles in Search of Godwits, from the Mexican Border to the Arctic Ocean by Bruce Beehler, PhD
The Strange and Wondrous Adaptations Birds Rely on to Get By: Dr. Roger Lederer
Lights Out: Safer Skies for Migrating Birds
by Dr. Tania Homayoun
Hog Island Audubon Camp Experiences in Maine by Yvette Stewart and Corina Solis
Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Raptors by Eres Gomez
Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Texas by Romey Swanson
New insights into the genetics of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler by Dr. Giri Athrey
Wingbeat Atlas: Bird Photography by Ken Butler and Poems by Lucy Griffith
Little (studied) Kite on the Prairie: Investigating the Ecology of Mississippi Kites by Dr. Ben R. Skipper of Angelo State University
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Birds of the World by Laura Kammermeier
Victoria Winter Hummingbirds by Dr. Brent Ortego
The Edwards Aquifer and San Marcos Springs by Gregg Eckhardt
Ethnobotany and the Appreciation of Native Plants by Maeve Bassett of San Antonio Botanical Garden
Golden-cheeked Warbler Important Bird Area Training Video presented by Jewell Cozort of SA Parks and Recreation Dept.
The Wonderful Wild of Texas: A Herping Big Year by Romey Swanson of Audubon Texas
"A Most Remarkable Creature" by author Jonathan Meiburg about caracaras
The Billion Birds Report and Texas by Richard Heilbrun, TPWD
Effects of Light and Noise on Birds by Dr. Jennifer Phillips of Texas A&M San Antonio
A Kingdom of Birds: Birding in Saudi Arabia by Greg Askew
All About Flycatchers by Craig Hensley, Texas Nature Trackers/TPWD
The Serengeti by Peter Roberts, Bird Guide
Doc & Martha: Matagorda Island Naturalists Documentary by Greg Pasztor
San Antonio Parks & Rec Natural Areas: An Opportunity to Connect People with Nature by Nature Preserve Officer Wendy Leonard
A House for Wren by Author Julie Beever
Balcony Birding in the Time of Coronavirus by Martin Reid
Wildscaping, Creating Habitat in Our Cities by Judit Green, TPWD
iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge by Craig Hensley, Texas Nature Trackers/TPWD
Birds of Prey by Matt Reidy, TPWD
Purple Martins78209 Project by Allison Hayne
Catios: Outdoor Cat Patios by Cynthia Chomos
To Burn or Not to Burn? By Maureen Frank, Texas A&M AgriLife
Building Bird-friendly Cities and Conservation Leaders for the Future by Yvette Stewart, Audubon Texas
Saving Birds One Building at a Time by Lynne Parks, Lights Out Baltimore
Introduction to Bats by Nyta Brown, Old Tunnel State Park
Damsels & Dragons by Craig Hensley, Texas Nature Trackers/TPWD
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