
HOUSTON AUDUBON
What Is It?: A conservation, education, and advocacy organization that focuses on protecting the natural environment for birds and people. It owns and manages 17 nature sanctuaries to protect habitat for birds and to give people recreational opportunities in nature.
Help Needed: Trail maintenance, invasive species removal, filling bird feeders and baths, litter pick-up, native gardening, and other habitat improvement projects. Please contact Houston Audubon for COVID-related updates. Volunteer projects have been paused.
Minimum Age to Volunteer: Varies. For most events, everyone is welcome, but volunteers under 14 must to attend with a parent or other adult. Volunteers must be 15 to work on trails.
Help Needed
ONGOING COMMUNITY WORK PARTIES
Trail maintenance, filling bird feeders and baths, litter pick-up, native gardening, and invasive species removal.
High Island Sanctuary, 2nd Saturdays, October to March, 8:30 AM – 1 PM.
Raptor and Education Center at Sims Bayou, 3rd Saturdays, September to May, 9 AM -Noon.
Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, 4th Saturdays, September – April (3rd Saturday in Nov. and Dec.), 9 AM – Noon.
COASTAL TRASH PICKUP DAYS
These are occasional outings to pick up trash, fishing line, and other items that endanger local wildlife at High Island, Bolivar Flats, and other areas. Gloves, trash grabbers, bags, and drinking water are provided. Please wear protective clothing and sturdy shoes or boots that can get muddy or wet.
GROW OUT NATIVE PLANTS FOR PRAIRIE RESTORATION
Houston Audubon wants to restore more coastal prairie, but needs more native plants that are specific to the Upper Texas Coast. It collects native seed all summer and fall and is asking volunteers to grow the seed at home for restoration projects.
You will receive full instructions on growing native plants from seeds. “Once your plants are hardy enough to bump-up to 4″ or 1-gallon containers, you can join us at a potting-up work day, or drop off the seedlings and we will do the rest. The plants will be used in one of our many restoration projects.” More details are here.
CITIZEN SCIENCE – BIRD SURVEYS
“If you’re new to birding and want to learn more, this is a great way to get involved! Contribute to a body of knowledge that will help researchers and bird conservationists with their work for years to come by participating in a bird survey. For more information check out this page listing all of the bird surveys around greater Houston.”
Tuesday Trail Crew replaced roof on lumber storage structure, May 2019
Volunteers at Winters Bayou, 2018
Roseate Spoonbill - photo by Kyle Blaney
December 2019
JP Pinteralli Eagle Project - electrified fence around tern nesting areas, 2018
UT San Antonio College of Architecture, Construction, & Planning - Horseshoe Marsh July 2019
Ball High School students, Bolivar Flats trash pickup, 2011
Painted Bunting - photo by Greg Lavaty
Trash Cleanup November 2019
Coastal trash
Volunteers at Winters Bayou, 2018
Super Bird, Fiorenza Park, Feb 2018
2014
Volunteers at Winters Bayou, 2018
November 2019
Caleb Wilson - Eagle Project 2020
North Jetty cleanup, March 2017
Native plant nursery, March 2017
Caleb Wilson Eagle project team, 2020
Removing invasive species, and planting, October 2017
High Island work day, January 2017
Citgo volunteers, 2016
Hooded Warbler - photo by Greg Lavaty
JP Pinteralli Eagle project, 2018
Barbers Hill Key Club volunteers, 2013
Luke, volunteer High Island birding guide, 2012
Bolivar Flats, March 2011
Emery Weiner students who raised money for HA education birds, 2011
JP Pinteralli Eagle project, 2018
November 2019
December 2019
Bolivar Beach Ramble, 2014
Boswell Eagle project
White Oak Parkway work day, February 2019
Leo Boswell Eagle project; removing old ramp, 2018
Leo Boswell Eagle project - steps before
Leo Boswell Eagle project - steps after
Citgo volunteers 2016
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Josh Cooper Eagle project to deepen pond, 2018
Josh Cooper with Eagle project sign, 2018
June 2017
Josh Cooper Eagle project, 2018
UTSA College of Architecture, Construction, & Planning - Horseshoe Marsh, 2017
Brick walkway, 2017
Cerulean Warbler - photo by Greg Lavaty
October 2019
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary, March 2017
Zayd Latheef Eagle project, July 2017
Zayd Latheef Eagle project, July 2017
Sanctuary Steward volunteers 2019
September 2014
U of Hartford volunteers, 2011
Citgo volunteers, February 2016
Native plants in nursery
2014