Spread your wings at home with Houston Audubon!
We invite you to experience the joy of birds and nature from your own home or in your backyard.
Virtual Birding
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Take control of the camera to explore the marsh, mud flats, and channel marsh.
Educational Mataerials
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How to take notes of your favorite bird and teach bird migration.
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How are beaks, talons, and other features adapted to aid a species?
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Printable profiles of some of the birds who are dependent on forests.
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What questions to ask yourself when you want to identify a bird.
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How to use drawing and creative writing to teach about birds.
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Examples of bird references in our lives.
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Introductory field guide to the Birds of the Bolivar Peninsula
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Minnesota Conservation Volunteer web page containing audio tunes
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Introductory field guide to Houston's birds
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All about birds of prey!
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Checklist to help you observe and identify birds.
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Worksheet about the food web
Fun and Games
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Imitate birds with these exercises.
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Join Barry the Bald Eagle on an Eagle's Eye View
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Specially prepared for you by the bird nerds at Houston Audubon.
Other Resources
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Additional resources on Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds website
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National Audubon Society's activities for kids
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“At Home With The Bay” Virtual Field Trip Series
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Free Materials on World Migratory Bird Day website
