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 - July
Birds and Weather
with Michael Erb
Wednesday, July 23
6:00 pm (In-person) 6:30 pm (Zoom)
Image credit: Sara Robinson, Fernando Calmon/Shutterstock.com
From one end of the earth to the other, birds deal with the weather. They live in the heat and bitter cold. They deal with wind and storms. But how do they do it?
In this talk, we’ll explore the adaptations and behaviors that allow birds to survive, and often thrive, in the elements. This talk is presented by Michael Erb, a climate researcher and birder in Arizona. Join us as we travel around the world to explore birds and the weather.
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, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215
Zoom | 6:30 pm
Click HERE to Join Zoom Meeting at 6:30 pm
Meeting ID: 817 0201 9620
Passcode: 590268
Find your local number to call in HERE
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Member Social
Meet the BASCTx Leadership and Socialize with Fellow Birders
Thursday, August 21
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Just down the road from the Alamo Colleges ACCESS Building
where we hold our monthly meetings.
Wear your Bexar Audubon South Central Texas T-Shirts and Hats
OR purchase them at the event!
FOOD & DRINK: You Choose, You Pay
FUN: FREE!!
Please sign up HERE if you plan to attend.
Attendance is limited to 40 members by the size of the room
SIGN UP TODAY, and please let us know if you need to cancel.
Monthly Meeting - August
Texas Flies, Oh My!
with Sheryl Smith-Rogers
Wednesday, August 27
6:00 pm (In-person) & 6:30 pm (Zoom)
Once upon a time, Sheryl Smith-Rodgers thought the word “fly” meant pesky house flies and fruit flies. Then she began to document different species in her Blanco yard. The diversity astounded her! After writing a magazine article on the topic, (Texas Parks & Wildlife, July 2023) Sheryl put together a presentation that shares what she learned and observed.
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers is a long-time journalist, photographer, and naturalist. She holds a print journalism degree from Trinity University and worked many years as a newspaper reporter/editor. She’s been published in a number of magazines, including Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Highways, Texas Co-op Power, Guideposts, and Better Homes & Gardens. She’s lived in Blanco since 1989 and became certified as a Texas Master Naturalist in 2012.
At home, Sheryl and husband James Hearn tend a native plant habitat, which she blogs about at “Window on a Texas Wildscape.” With iNaturalist, she’s documented 1,500+ plant and animal species so far in their one-acre yard. Currently, she’s still freelance writing and has authored a middle grade novel that features a direct descendant of Charlotte (A. Cavatica), as in Charlotte’s Web.
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, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215
Zoom | 6:30 pm
Click HERE to Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 857 2382 2666
Passcode: 953161
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 Vimeo
Click on the word "Vimeo" in headline above
to access these recordings.
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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