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 - April
Immersion Therapy: Big Year Texas
with Tim Handren
Wednesday, April 22
6:00 pm (In-person) 6:30 pm (Zoom)
Tim Handren will share a fast-paced, fun, and deeply personal journey through his 2025 "Big Year Texas," a full-immersion adventure in birding that took him across 55,000 miles of Texas roads, through four windshields, and countless sunrises. Amid the trials and triumphs, he tallied 516 species—securing 3rd place all-time in Texas Big Year history. It’s a story of passion, persistence, and the wild joy of chasing birds across the Lone Star State.
Tim Handren is a native Texan, born in Amarillo and raised in Lubbock. He moved to San Antonio in 1986 to work at USAA, where he built a 21-year career. Most recently, he served as CEO of Santikos Theatres before retiring after six years at the helm. Married to his wife Anne for nearly 33 years, they share a love of travel—having visited 59 countries and all seven continents. Though birds were just a blur in the background for much of that journey, Tim found his true focus in 2024, launching into birding with full heart and binoculars in hand.
If you plan to attend in person, please sign up no later than 9:00 AM
the morning of the meeting.
We order refreshments and set up the meeting room
based on the number of attendees.
In-person | 6:00 pm social | 6:30 meeting
Please sign up HERE if you plan to attend the meeting in person
Alamo Colleges District ACCESS Building, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215
You do NOT need to sign up if you will attend via Zoom.
Zoom | 6:30 pm
Click HERE to Join Zoom Meeting at 6:30 pm
Meeting ID: 899 2958 8470
Passcode: 758367
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Monthly Meeting - May
The Equivocal Nature of Change:
Raptor Response to European Settlement of the Southern High Plains
with Dr. Clint Boal
Wednesday, May 27
6:00 pm (In-person) 6:30 pm (Zoom)
The Southern High Plains was the last region of the continental US that was settled. This was because of tribal people preventing settlement until the late 1870s. This also prevented any detailed understanding of the biological communities on the prairie grasslands. Once the Comanche War ended, settlement occurred so rapidly that little meaningful biological information was obtained before dramatic landscape and ecological changes took place. He will discuss what was known or can be surmised for raptor communities pre-settlement, then examine how raptor communities have changed regionally to what we see today.
Clint Boal received his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. He has been a US Geological Survey wildlife biologist since 2000, stationed at Texas Tech University where he holds a joint appointment as Professor of Wildlife Ecology. He supervises graduate students and has authored or co-authored over 130 journal papers, co-authored the award winning book Raptors of Texas, and co-edited 3 books. He is a past-president of The Raptor Research Foundation and has received multiple research recognitions including the Barney Rushing Jr. Outstanding Researcher Award from Texas Tech University, the Fran and Frederick Hamerstrom Award from the Raptor Research Foundation, and the Excellence in Science Award from the US Geological.
If you plan to attend in person, please sign up no later than 9:00 AM
the morning of the meeting.
We order refreshments and set up the meeting room
based on the number of attendees.
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 .
You do NOT need to sign up if you will attend via Zoom.
Click here to Join Zoom Meeting at 6:30 pm
Meeting ID: 853 6452 3949
Passcode: 494913
Find your local number to call in HERE.
Approved for AAMN AT hours.
In Case You Missed It:
Bexar Audubon South Central Texas online presentations are available on YouTube
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 Maczygemba
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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