Travis County River Monitoring Trip with the Austin-Bastrop River Corridor PartnershipCER Parking Lot, 8:00. Plan to be out all day

Join Claude Morris for a day on the Colorado River monitoring birds, vegetation, and more, and help the Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership learn more about the river's ecology. The January river stretch is the 68th monthly survey which will explore a 9-mile stretch of the river from the 969 Bridge in Utley to private land. The river flow is currently very slow.

You MUST bring your own boat or you can rent one from Cook's Canoes in Webberville. Contact Claude Morris at cgmorris@flash.net to participate.

Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory Monthly Bird SurveyER Parking Lot, 7:00-11:00 a.m. / 4:00 p.m. to dusk

The HBBO Bird Survey is open to people at all birder levels interested in intensive monitoring, although this is not a field trip.  In the morning, we have teams covering different areas of the Hornsby Bend facility, and they count numbers of all birds seen. It is four hours of hard hiking and counting, but lots of fun along the way. We meet again around 11am to tally up the species.  The afternoon involves looking around for species missed that morning, and we go until sundown. More information about the CER HBBO program.

HBBO/Travis Audubon Society - Hornsby Bend Monthly Birding FieldtripCER, 7:30-11:00 a.m.

All birder levels are welcome for an easy morning of walking and learning about the birds of Hornsby Bend. Bring binoculars and some water if the weather is warm. Find more information about Hornsby Bend or Travis Audobon.

Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership Meeting10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

This stakeholder meeting is open to anyone interested in the Colorado River and the future of the Travis-Bastrop County river corridor.

Ecological Literacy Volunteer DayCER, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Help maintain Hornsby Bend! Combining volunteer work with learning about local ecology, the Ecological Literacy Day at Hornsby Bend begins with several hours of outdoor work - ranging from trail maintenance to habitat restoration to work in the native plant nursery - and ends with at least an hour of learning about local ecology - birds, bugs, and more! Wear boots and work clothing, and be sure to bring your binoculars.

NEW! Bring food for our potluck lunch at 1:00 p.m. and join Julia and Andy Balinsky to learn more about managing and monitoring Hornsby Bend's Purple Martin colony.