Fort Worth Audubon Society (FWAS)

Fort Worth Audubon Society (FWAS) Fort Worth Audubon Society meets the 2nd Thursday of each month (except June/July/Aug) @ 7:00 p.m. Visit FWAS.ORG for a complete program and walk schedule.

All meetings in person, additionally the zoom is available for some. How to become a FWAS Member or simply renew your membership
FWAS memberships run January 1 through December 31. The amount is $25.00 for a single membership and $35.00 for a family membership. To use a credit card, you’ll need to do that online as we do not have a way to process credit transactions otherwise. Simply go to https://fwas.org/membership-dues/, select the membership level ($25 or $35) from the dropdown list, then click on the Pay Now button. If you wish to make a payment in the old-fashioned way, please make a check payable to FWAS and send it to our treasurer Vickie Moore in care of FWAS at 3023 S. University Dr. #206, Fort Worth, TX 76109. Community Civic Grants Available
FWAS offers grants to community civic organizations to fund their projects that fit our mission statement. Our grant cycle is over for this season, but will resume in the Fall for the 2021-2021 season, and we will have a new application available here online as soon as it's made available. Monthly Meetings
The Fort Worth Audubon Society NORMALLY meets the second Thursday of each month from September thru May. 2022-2023 meetings will be a mix of in person and virtual meetings. Please, check out events for specifics. When in-person meetings start up, we plan to meet in Room 100 of the Research and Education Building at the University of North Texas Health & Science Center on 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Click on the above link to get more specific detail on location (see "Monthly Meetings" post) as well as announcements about speakers and topics on upcoming meetings. Periodical Newsletters
The latest issue of our newsletter is available for download. Please check out our archive of past newsletters by clicking on the Newsletters tab at top. Board Member Jim Jones has scanned in copies from past years and made them available to all! If you have old newsletters that we are missing, please let Jim know so he can get a copy from you to add to our online archive. Field Trips
Fort Worth Audubon Society Field Trips are open to all, members and nonmembers, beginners to world-class birders. We especially want to encourage and welcome first time birders to come on our local trips in the Fort Worth area. These trips are an excellent way to get started learning the birds and the best locations and seasons to find them. There are always people on these trips who are willing and able to answer any question about birds. Planning a visit to our area? Download a Birding Checklist specific for Tarrant County, Texas. We offer a 12-month Tarrant County Field Checklist, and four seasonal field checklists for Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall (click on the highlighted words to open each PDF document). Seasonal Shopping Reward Programs
Did you know that you can financially help Fort Worth Audubon meet our mission goals by shopping? Several businesses offer reward programs which donate a percentage of your purchases back to local non-profits. We are registered with Kroger, Tom Thumb, and Amazon Smile. Click on Fort Worth Audubon Announcements under the Forum tab for learning how you can register at area stores. For Amazon Smile users, click on their logo on the left side of this window.

Our annual book sale is this Thursday October 8th.  Books are available for purchase via donation to FWAS before and aft...
10/06/2026

Our annual book sale is this Thursday October 8th. Books are available for purchase via donation to FWAS before and after our General meeting. All are welcome and the presentation by James H. McCommons, author of The Feather Wars, is open and free to the public. FWAS.org for directions and more great info.

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09/30/2026


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Come join Jennifer & Brian, FWAS board members and Birdability Captains for an accessible slow birding event to celebrat...
09/29/2026

Come join Jennifer & Brian, FWAS board members and Birdability Captains for an accessible slow birding event to celebrate Birdability Week 2026!

The event is October 18th from 8am - 10am at Northwest Community Park
8375 Blue Mound Rd
Fort Worth, TX 76137

Feel free to show up anytime during the posted times, or leave whenever you want.

There are two benches in the stationary location, please feel free to bring your own chair if you would like.

We will have spotting scopes set up, as well as several brand new Nocs Provisions binoculars if you don't have your own.

Bottled water will be available until supplies run out.

Photo Description: A flier for a Fort Worth Audubon Society and Birdability Slow Birding Event has the Fort Worth Audubon Society logo (a circle logo with a realistic drawing of a Harris's Sparrow perched on a branch with Fort Worth Audubon Society in an arch above the sparrow) and the Birdability Week 2026 logo (a circle logo with a White-breasted Nuthatch in the center, Birdability in arch above the Nuthatch, and Week 2026 below) in the top right corner. Along the right side are some background semi-circles in light green and dark green at the top and bottom with a circular photo a Yellow-crowned Night Heron just below the top semi-circles, and a circular photo of a female Belted Kingfisher perched on an old wooden telephone pole below the heron. Under the two organizations' logos in bold capital lettering is SLOW BIRDING followed by brief description of the event, the date, time, and location.







Fort Worth Audubon Society is a proud sponsor of Birdability Week 2026 "Bird Where You Are"

Flier Credit: Jennifer Casey
Bird Photos Credit: Brian Birds

Trinity Bird Walk and Count is back!  Month on the 4th Sunday. We had a great turn out today with 20 birders including f...
09/29/2026

Trinity Bird Walk and Count is back! Month on the 4th Sunday. We had a great turn out today with 20 birders including four new to the walk. Although we didn't see very many birds today it was nevertheless a good outing with great people. Did you know FWAS has binoculars to loan for our bird walks? In fact, we broke in one of the new binoculars on this walk. Shout out to Brian Frasher (Accessibility Chairperson) for seeing a need and helping bring new binoculars to the club. Our next walk is the first Friday of Oct. Check out FWAS.ORG for the full schedule of walks. Oh! and here's the list:

5 Wood Duck
50 Mallard
14 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1 Mourning Dove
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Killdeer
35 Least Sandpiper
4 White-faced Ibis
3 Snowy Egret
2 Great Egret
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
1 White-eyed Vireo
2 American Crow
1 Carolina Chickadee
2 Northern Mockingbird
4 Eastern Bluebird
1 House Finch

It may not be fall yet, but we are ready. A fun outing at FWAS' Foster Park Bird Walk, lead by Jean Ferguson this mornin...
09/12/2026

It may not be fall yet, but we are ready. A fun outing at FWAS' Foster Park Bird Walk, lead by Jean Ferguson this morning. We'll be back on the 2nd Saturday of October at 8:30 am.

The clouds are a welcome change! We are out birding right now at Kelly Park in Arlington. Fort Worth Audubon Society (FW...
09/04/2026

The clouds are a welcome change! We are out birding right now at Kelly Park in Arlington.
Fort Worth Audubon Society (FWAS) Feathers

Migration has begun.  Do check out https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/heres-how-to-use-the-new-migration-forecast-tools-...
08/24/2026

Migration has begun. Do check out https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/heres-how-to-use-the-new-migration-forecast-tools-from-birdcast/ to see when the birds are coming through and don't forget to turn out those lights and night - the earlier the better.

Updated April 2026. Originally published online April 2018 and printed in the Spring 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Migration is the best time to be a birdwatcher. Twice a year, hordes of birds fly thousands of miles through the night to grace your home turf for a few days or

You are invited to join other birders on October 10th on the western shore of Lake Waxahachie for the Annual Big Sit com...
08/18/2026

You are invited to join other birders on October 10th on the western shore of Lake Waxahachie for the Annual Big Sit competition. All levels of experience from bird curious to master birders are welcome. Please, you must, reach out to Ted to participate. email: [email protected]

08/08/2026

It's Saturday and I'm clearly not good at keeping Fun Fact Friday on Friday, lol. I have littles, it's back-to-school time, I get side tracked and forget.

• Mississippi Kites in the southeast lead different lives than kites in the west

• Western M. Kites commonly nest colonially in small prairie woodlands

• M. Kites in the east breed in old growth forests, are less abundant, and not as likely to nest colonially

• Often seen flying just about the tree tops where they catch and eat flying insects on the wing

• Rarely aggressive towards each other, during the breeding season they will be aggressive to humans and other predators

Photo Credit: Brian Frasher

Facts sourced from allaboutbirds.org


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Fort Worth, TX
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