Ornithology Group, Houston

05/16/2026

Here’s a link to the Flycatcher seminar that Cin-Ty Lee presented via Zoom last year.

An informal, interactive workshop on flycatcher identification focused on sorting out the ID challenges in eastern North America. This workshop builds off o...

04/25/2026

Today is World Penguin Day!
How many of the 18 species can you recognize?

04/19/2026

Zoom program by Tucson Bird Alliance: “Music and Bird Song,” on Friday, April 24, 11am PT / 1pm CT.

Join Engagement & Retail Coordinator Grace Donahue for a virtual talk on music and bird song. We'll discuss how bird song has historically influenced music, looking at songs that mimic or highlight the use of bird song, and how the humanities continue to explore the this relationship in ethnomusicology and ecomusicology.

https://tucsonbirds.org/?mec-events=musicandbirdsong4-24-26

Join Tucson Bird Alliance's Engagement & Retail Coordinator, Grace Donahue, for a virtual talk on music and bird song, exploring how bird song has historically influenced music, looking at songs that mimic or highlight the use of bird song, and how the humanities continue to explore the connection b...

01/22/2026

TODAY: Birds of the World Discovery seminar

Plight of the Caribbean Endemics: Case of the Grenada Dove

Date: 22 January 2026 (this week!)
Time: 12:00 Eastern Time
Length: 1.5 hours

Join us for a virtual presentation with Ryan Chenery, tour leader and author of the Birds of the Lesser Antilles, a HELM Field Guide. Ryan will discuss the special challenges faced by single-island endemic bird species. Of special note will be the Grenada Dove, one of Grenada’s two endemic birds, which is found in extremely low numbers in coastal dry thorn forests. Species such as Imperial Parrot, Whistling Warbler, St. Lucia Oriole, the newly described St. Lucia Thrasher, Martinique Thrasher, and perhaps Barbuda Warbler may make an appearance!

YES! The webinar will be recorded and placed under the BOW webinars section. Video will also appear on the BOW YouTube playlist
within a week after the event.

Please submit any questions to: [email protected]

01/19/2026

If you are feeding birds this winter and have access to a Tractor Suppy, 2-lb bags of meal worms are now on sale.

10/23/2025

American Bird Conservancy Webinar on Thurs, 23 Oct 2025

10/23/2025

THIS FIELD TRIP CANCELLED.
We’ll try to run it in the early spring.

You are invited to join the Ornithology Group Fall field trip to various spots in Liberty County, Texas. John Berner has put together a diverse itinerary, for Sunday, November 16.
RSVP necessary, as the date is potentially subject to change, depending on rice harvest.

We will meet in the Trinity River NWR, at the Champion Lake boat ramp, Co Rd 417 in Dayton. If you are not already an OG/ONC member, you will need to join ($20 for 2026) to participate.
Example of species and map here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S279136575
For more info, contact Nina, [email protected]

Submitted by J Berner.

05/27/2025

Insights about bird migration.

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra energy for birds’ continent-spanning feats.

05/14/2025

The annual Red-vented Bulbul Survey will be held in and around the Houston Heights on Saturday morning, June 7. Volunteer observers needed! Email: [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to participate.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCffIDswoX0PKATBhCAQ1lfXuE_QNRHruVHUBILe0eyx8GEw/viewform
More info here: http://houstonaudubon.org/bulbulsurvey

The 2025 Red-vented Bulbul Survey will take place on June 7 from 7 - 9 a.m. in the Houston Heights and surrounding areas.

04/23/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/woodpecker-breaking-car-mirrors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.z_x8.gILHNTJrCIZu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

More than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.”