Calendar List

Screening of “Journey of the Whooping Crane” by the International Crane Foundation, Houston Audubon and Houston Zoo.

Golden Anniversary Gala - Celebrating 50 Years. Co-Chairs: Mary Carter, Gary Clark, and Jeff Mundy. Further details to come.

Join us at the Raptor and Education Center at Sims Bayou for a morning of gardening and sanctuary maintenance. We work 9 AM – 12 PM, once a month on the 3rd Saturday, September through May. Activities include trail maintenance, filling bird feeders and baths, litter pick-up, native gardening, and invasive species removal. It's a great way to enjoy the outdoors and meet like-minded friends! Bring water, sunscreen, bug repellent & gloves/clippers if you have them. Wear closed-toe shoes & long pants. Bring sack lunch if desired. Children of any age are welcome with their parent/chaperone. (Minimum age without a parent/chaperone is 14 years.) There is a maximum number of 15 participants at a workday.

Houston Audubon is holding a workday at Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary on the west end of Galveston Island on. The sanctuary contains a pond lined with cane, a small spartina marsh, coastal grassland with cord grass and a woodlot of live oaks. Come be a part of sanctuary maintenance, habitat restoration, and Houston Audubon's amazing volunteer workforce

Join us at the Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary for a morning of gardening and sanctuary maintenance. We work 9 AM – 12 PM, once a month on the 4th Saturday from September through April (3rd Saturday in November and December). Activities include trail maintenance, filling bird feeders and baths, litter pick-up, native gardening, and invasive species removal. It's a great way to enjoy the outdoors and meet like-minded friends! Bring water, sunscreen, bug repellent & gloves/clippers if you have them. Wear closed-toe shoes & long pants. Bring a sack lunch if desired. Children of any age are welcome with their parent/chaperone. (Minimum age without a parent/chaperone is 14 years.) There is a maximum of 30 participants on a workday.

All volunteers must pre-register by the Wednesday before workday using the link below.

We are delighted and excited to introduce the sponsors of the 2nd Annual Texas Plastic Pollution Symposium.
• Friends of Heron Park of Shoreacres
• Galveston Bay Area Chapter-Texas Master Naturalist
• Houston Audubon
• Moody Gardens, Galveston Island
• Sea Grant At Texas A&M University
• Surfrider Foundation
• Texans For Clean Water

Without their generous support this symposium would not be possible!

Registration is open and will close at 200 participants. The abstracts are in, and we are excited about the presentations and posters selected! The amount of interest, support and cooperation for this symposium has been inspiring! If you haven’t registered yet, click the link below while space remains. All the information needed is on the registration form.

The Symposium will be held at the Main Visitor Center of Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston, Texas on October 29th. More detail about times and programs will be emailed to registrants soon! Registration and lunch are free, thanks to our generous sponsors shown above.

Support Houston Audubon's Education team as Visitor Services Volunteer at the Raptor Education Center. Volunteers are needed for morning and afternoon shifts on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. At this training volunteers will receive an orientation to our Raptor and Education Center at Sims Bayou and learn how to manage the guest services desk as well as sign up for volunteer shifts.

Please reach out to Lauren Miheli to sign up for this training now, or with any questions you may be considering, and complete a volunteer application if you do not already have one on file.