Programs

Please help us clean up the shoreline at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary during Bird Week! Your efforts will help prepare the sanctuary for the thousands of migrants coming through during fall migration and help provide clean habitat for our beach-nesting birds! Houston Audubon will provide gloves, grabbers, trash bags, and water to refill your reusable containers. Please dress accordingly for the weather and sun protection.

Meet at the vehicular barrier located on the beach ~3/4 mile west of Rettilon Rd in Port Bolivar. From the ferry landing, take Highway 87, 3 miles, turn Right on Rettilon Rd, turn right at the beach and drive 3/4 mile to the barrier.

Please let us know you're coming by using the link below.

Join Houston Audubon, Harris County Precinct 4 and Madres del Parque as we kick-off Houston Bird Week in style! Celebrate with many local conservation partners through nature games, crafts, dance performances and much more. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to this FREE and one-of-a-kind event you’ll never forget.

In partnership with Houston Audubon, Madres del Parque, Harris County Precinct 4, Memorial Hermann, Texas Master Naturalist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Student Conservation Association, CRECEN, Connect Community, Octavio Palomo, MARLA, BakerRipley, Galveston Bay Estuary Program, and Latino Outdoors
.

This event starts at 2 PM.

Come be one of the first to try the Ruby-Throated HummingBeer, a special collaboration between Houston Audubon and Frost Town Brewing, one of Houston's newest independent craft breweries. Cool off in the air-conditioned taproom with Houston Audubon and fellow bird lovers, or compete in the cornhole tournament out in the beer garden. Take a tour of the brewery and enjoy food from a local food truck on site. Frost Town has plenty of non-beer options and prides itself on being family and pet friendly. Come help Audubon kick off Bird Week 2024 in style!

Houston Audubon Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) is excited to host a social to celebrate Houston Bird Week! Meet us at The Orange Show to celebrate our feathered friends through a birdy art activity and meet other nature-loving Houstonians. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

The event is free but registration is required.

Calling all trivia lovers! Grab some friends and test your knowledge on all things birdy while enjoying the Houston Bird Week specialty beer from Frost Town Brewing. Houston Audubon YPAC member Conor McKinney will be hosting and bird enthusiasts of any interest level are welcome to play. Special prizes up for grabs for the Trivia winners. There will be a food truck on site.

Have you always wondered how accurate the movie "The Big Year" really is? Join us at Axelrad to watch "The Big Year" with fellow birders and bird enthusiasts and we'll answer all of your questions! While there is no formal event agenda, YPAC members will be available to answer questions about birding, how to get involved, and what other Bird Week events are open to attend.

The Freak Run Club is teaming up with Frost Town Brewery and the Houston Audubon YPAC to host our Houston Bird Week Fun Run! Bring your best bird costume for our first-ever Birdy costume contest, followed by the Freaks social fun run (2mi & 4mi options) through downtown Houston starting and ending at Frost Town Brewery. The Freaks & YPAC will hold a Bird Week raffle after the run and Frost Town Brewery will have the Bird Week beer on tap! Family-friendly event.

Save The Date! As part of Bird Week 2024, the Natives Nursery will be holding a Fall Native Plant Sale and Open House. The sale will be in person at Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary on Saturday, September 28th, from 8 AM to 11 AM.

Species List* (Alphabetical by scientific name)

Acmella oppositifolia (Creeping Spotflower)
Agave virginica (False aloe)
Andropogon gyrans (Elliott's Bluestem)
Andropogon ternarius (Splitbeard Bluestem)
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge bluestem)
Aristida purpurascens (Arrowfeather Threeawn)
Baptisia sphaerocarpa (Yellow Wild Indigo)
Bidens aristosa (Swamp Marigold)
Bouteloua rigidiseta (Texas Grama)
Carex cherokeensis (Cherokee Sedge)
Carex leavenworthii (Leavenworth's Sedge)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Longleaf Woodoats)
Coelorachis rugosa (Wrinkled Jointgrass)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf coreopsis)
Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)
Desmodium ciliare (Hairy Small-Leaf Ticktrefoil)
Dichanthelium scoparium (Velvet Panicgrass)
Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wildrye)
Eragrostis intermedia (Plains Lovegrass)
Eragrostis secundiflora (Red Lovegrass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Lovegrass)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Eustachys petraea (Pinewoods/Blackseed Fingergrass)
Gaillardia aestivalis (Lanceleaf Blanketflower)
Gaillardia pulchella (Firewheel)
Helenium amarum (Yellow Bitterweed)
Helianthus angustifolius (Swamp Sunflower)
Helianthus hirsutus (Hairy Sunflower)
Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian Sunflower)
Helianthus mollis (Ashy Sunflower)
Hyptis alata (Clustered Bushmint)
Liatris acidota (Sharp Blazing Star)
Liatris pycnostachya (Kansas Blazing Star)
Lobelia puberula (Downy lobelia)
Melica mutica (Twoflower Melicgrass)
Monarda citriodora (Lemon Beebalm)
Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm)
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Gulf Muhly)
Nassella leucotricha (Texas Wintergrass)
Neptunia lutea (Yellow puff)
Neptunia pubescens (Tropical puff)
Oenothera lindheimeri (White Gaura)
Palafoxia rosea (Rosy Palafox)
Paspalum denticulatum (Longtom)
Paspalum floridanum (Florida Paspalum)
Paspalum plicatum (Brownseed Paspalum)
Phyla nodiflora (Texas Frogfruit)
Physostegia intermedia (Spring Obedient Plant)
Polanisia dodecandra (Redwhisker Clammyweed)
Prunus caroliniana (Cherry laurel)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mountain Mint)
Ratibida columnifera (Upright Prairie Coneflower)
Rayjacksonia aurea (Houston Tansy Aster)
Rudbeckia grandiflora (Rough Coneflower)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia texana (Texas Coneflower)
Salvia azurea (Blue Sage)
Salvia lyrata (Lyreleaf Sage)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
Scutellaria ovata (Heartleaf Skullcap)
Silphium radula (Rosinweed)
Solidago sempervirens (Seaside goldenrod)
Solidago tortifolia (Twistleaf Goldenrod)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (White Panicle Aster)
Teucrium canadense (American germander)
Teucrium cubense (Coast Germander)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)
Tridens flavus (Purpletop)
Tridens strictus (Longspike Tridens)
Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass)
Vernonia missurica (Missouri Ironweed)

*species availability is first come first serve and this list is subject to change