Observations at Elmer Oliver Park, Mansfield
2025-09-16 08:30 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Oliver Nature Park, 1650 Matlock Rd., Mansfield, TX, 76063, United States
Join leader Jennifer Cross to explore Elmer W. Oliver Park in Mansfiel, TX. The bird walk is held on the third Tuseday of the months September through May. Start time is 8:30 AM and usually goes to 10:30 AM. Oliver Park is located at 1650 Matlock Rd. in Mansfield.
Click here for a PDF with walk details.

Parr Park, Grapevine, TX
2025-09-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Parr Park, Grapevine, TX, 3010 Parr Lane, Grapevine, TX, 76051, United States
Join Karen Rice and others as they explore this Grapevine, TX, city park. Parr Park is located along Bear Creek and the Bear Creek Trail. The habitat is similar to many other suburban city parks with a creek lined with bottom woodlands. The trail is paved and mostly level, very shady. Karen plans to stay in Parr Park and walk about 2 1/2 miles round trip. There are facilities in the park.
This bird walk will be held four times a year on Sundays of the selected months.
Start times will be at 8:00 AM for the September, February amd April walks.
The start time for the November walk will be 7:30 AM.
For further independent exploration, try the Parr Park Rock Art Trail area. On very birdy days during migration, it is worthwhile to follow the trail system from Pool Rd. east through Parr Park and over to Bear Creek Park on HWY 360. This would be a 6.2 mile round trip.

Foster Park Bird Walk
2025-09-13 07:30 - 10:00 | Foster Park, located on Trail Lake Drive at South Dr. in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Join Jean Ferguson at Foster Park on the second Saturday of every month.
The park is located at Trail Lake Dr. in south Fort Worth. This is Ft. Worth Audubon’s longest running monthly field trip! This is a great field trip for both beginning and experienced bird watchers as this linear trail attracts many migrants thanks to a small stream and wooded canopy. Easy walking on paved trails. The walk usually lasts 1 to 2 hours.
Start Time for June through September is 7:30 AM.
Start time for October through May is 8:30 AM.
Dress for the current weather conditions, and bring water and snacks if wanted.
Click here for a PDF with details for this walk.

FWAS General Meeting: Flight Plan, a Nat'l Audubon Strategic Plan Overview
2025-09-11 18:30 - 20:30 | The University of North Texas Health & Science Center, Research and Education Building, Room 100, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, United States
Join us for our first Chapter General Member’s Meeting of the 2025-2026 season. Tonight’s program is Flight Plan and Fort Worth Audubon: Bending the Bird Curve, presented by Chloe Crumley, Audubon Texas Engagement Manager. Chloe will share National Audubon’s Strategic Plan which set their ambitions to help reverse the trend of biodiversity decline. With help from local chapters and engaging the community, they hope to spread awareness and inspire the next generation of birders.
The meeting will be both a live event and streamed on Zoom. Details for joining the web stream will be added here and on our home page. The meeting will begin at 7:00PM with chapter business announcements, a short bird identification program, and a social visitation time beginning at 6:30 PM.

Fall, 2025, YardSmart Conference
2025-09-06 09:00 - 14:30 | Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76164, United States
Come out and learn tips on Gardening, Composting, Drip Irrigation, and Fall Vegetables & Pruning. Fort Worth Audubon will be one of several vendors sharing information on conservation and North Texas natural habitat. YardSmart is held twice a year in the spring and fall seasons. The presenters offer programs in both English and Spanish.

First Friday Feathers Bird Walk at Kelly Park
2025-09-05 07:30 - 10:00 | Kelley Park, 4195 W. Arkansas Lane in Arlington, 4195 W. Arkansas Lane, Arlington, TX
Join Chuck Baskin and others as they explore Kelley Park in Arlington on the first Friday of every month. Chuck asked that everyone meet him at the parking lot at the end of Creekside Drive. (from Arkansas Lane, turn north on Woodside Dr., then east on Creekside. The walk is usually 2 hours, depending on how birdy it is. Bring water and snacks if needed. Easy walking on mostly paved trails.
Start time for June through September is 7:30 AM
Start Time for October through May is 8:30 AM
Click here for a PDF with trip details.

FWAS Board Meetings, 2025-2026
2025-09-02 18:30 - 19:30 | This will be a Virtual Meeting on Zoom.
Chapter Members of Fort Worth Audubon Society are invited to join our bi-monthly virtual board meetings held 6 times each year. Learn what happens behind the scenes as the various chair positions share their reports of past and future activities, chapter finances, and upcoming events.
These meetings are on Zoom only. If you are interested in monitoring the meeting, send an email to avianadmin@fwas.org. Jim Jones will send you the Zoom meeting ID and passcode.
Click here for the Zoom Meeting

The 1-hour Board Meetings are held on the first Tuesday night of the month at 6:30 PM, usually 1 week before the Thursday night General Meetings except when there is another activity or holiday that falls on the regular night.

Birding at the Village Creek Drying Beds is Cancelled until Further notice (open this event to read more)
2025-08-13 06:30 - 10:00, 2025-07-09 06:30 - 10:00 | Village Creek Drying Beds, Meet in the parking lot of the Dunlop Sports Center on the south side of Green Oaks Blvd. between Davis Dr. and Fielder Rd. in Arlington, across from the entrance to Village Creek Drying Beds., TX, United States
NOTE: The Village Creek Bird Walks are canceled until further notice. The city of Fort Worth, the FW Water Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have responded to an oil spill in early May. A 16-inch crude oil pipeline ruptured, releasing 2,600 barrels of oil into a municipal sewer line that is part of Fort Worth’s wastewater system. The clean-up resulted in discharging the collected sludge waste at the Village Creek Drying Bed. The process to remove the waste is to let the sludge dry, then dredge the waste and dispose of it properly. This is what the beds were used for before the more modern mechanical waste treatment plants were developed. The frequent rains that occurred in May and June has slowed the drying process. Hopefully the beds will be reopened to visitors and bird watchers after the oil waste product is safely removed.
Join Jim Sipiora as he explores the Village Creek Drying Beds on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. The drying beds are located on Green Oaks Blvd. in north Arlington just west of the River Legacy Park entrance. Meet everyone at the Dunlop Sports Center parking lot at 1500 NW Green Oaks Blvd. The parking lot is located across the street from the gate to the drying beds facility. Walking is mostly on level gravel and paved roads, with some excursions through tall grass. Bring insect repellent if it rained recently.
Start times at the parking lot:
October through May, meet at 8:30 AM
June through September, meet at 6:30 AM.

Birding at Foster Park, Fort Worth, TX
2025-08-09 07:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-12 07:30 - 09:30, 2025-06-14 07:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-10 08:30 - 10:30 | TX
Join Jean Ferguson at Foster Park on the second Saturday of every month. (NOTE: Because of conflicts, this walk will be held on the first Saturday in the months of December, 2024, and February & March, 2025) The park is located at Trail Lake Dr. in south Fort Worth. This is Ft. Worth Audubon’s longest running monthly field trip! This is a great field trip for both beginning and experienced bird watchers as this linear trail attracts many migrants thanks to a small stream and wooded canopy. Easy walking on paved trails. The walk usually lasts 1 to 2 hours.
Start Time for June through September is 7:30 AM.
Start time for October through May is 8:30 AM.
Dress for the current weather conditions, and bring water and snacks if wanted.

First Friday (Friday Feathers) Kelley Park, Arlington, TX
2025-08-01 07:30 - 09:30, 2025-06-27 07:30 - 10:00, 2025-06-06 07:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-02 08:30 - 10:30 | Kelley Park, 4195 W. Arkansas Lane in Arlington, 4195 W. Arkansas Lane, Arlington, TX
Join Chuck Baskin and others as they explore Kelley Park in Arlington on the first Friday of every month. Chuck asked that everyone meet him at the parking lot at the end of Creekside Drive. (from Arkansas Lane, turn north on Woodside Dr., then east on Creekside. The walk is usually 2 hours, depending on how birdy it is. Bring water and snacks if needed. Easy walking on mostly paved trails.
Start time for June through September is 7:30 AM
Start Time for October through May is 8:30 AM
NOTE: Because the first Friday in July, 2025, is on the 4TH, Chuck asked to reschedule that walk moving it forward to the last Friday, June 27th.

Prairie Walk at Sid Richardson Tract/Benbrook Lake
2025-06-20 08:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-16 08:00 - 09:30 | Sid Richardson Tract / Benbrook Lake, Old Granbury Rd, Crowley, TX, 76036, United States
Join Suzanne Tuttle to explore this tract of prairie land on the southeast shore of Benbrook Lake. It is recommended that folks consider car-pooling to limit the number of cars. NOTE: Because of the remoteness of this area, please send a note to Suzanne that you plan to join her. Text 817-845-5656.
This fieldtrip will be held on the 3rd Friday of the months February thru June. The meet-up times for April, May and June will be 8:00 AM. The meet-up times for February and March will be 9:00 AM.
The fieldtrip will last approximately 1.5 hours, but Suzanne will stay longer if the day is very birdy. The trail is natural surface, some will wander off trail, so please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for the weather conditions. There are no facilities on the property.
Please note that this trip is not available from July thru January due to heat in the summer months and annual hunting seasons from September thru January.

Birding at the Village Creek Drying Beds in north Arlington
2025-06-11 06:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-14 08:30 - 11:00 | Village Creek Drying Beds, Meet in the parking lot of the Dunlop Sports Center on the south side of Green Oaks Blvd. between Davis Dr. and Fielder Rd. in Arlington, across from the entrance to Village Creek Drying Beds., TX, United States

Trinity Trails Bird Walk (now a monthly walk!)
2025-05-25 08:30 - 10:00 | Trinity Trails / Clearfork Trinity, Fort Worth, 3000 S. Hulen St., Fort Worth, TX, United States
Join Tom Haase and Jean Ferguson on the 4th Sunday from September thru May (2026), at 8:30 AM for the field trip visiting the Trinity Trails walk along the Clear Fork Trinity River.
Meeting place: The walk will begin on Bellaire Drive on/near the bridge crossing the tributary/path leading to the Trinity River. Parking is available all along the street leading up to the bridge. If you would like to arrive early for coffee, there is a Starbucks located at the Trinity Commons Shopping Area back on Hulen Street.
Click here for a PDF with trip details
NOTE: The start times might change as the year progresses. Check the Event’s Calendar.

Observations at Oliver Nature Park, Mansfield, TX
2025-05-20 08:30 - 10:30 | Oliver Nature Park, 1650 Matlock Rd., Mansfield, TX, 76063, United States
Join leader Jennifer Cross to explore Elmer W. Oliver Park in Mansfiel, TX. The bird walk is held on the third Tuseday of the months September through May. Start time is 8:30 AM and usually goes to 10:30 AM. Oliver Park is located at 1650 Matlock Rd. in Mansfield.

May 2025 FWAS General Meeting: The Language of Birds presented by Nathan Pieplow
2025-05-08 19:00 - 20:30 | The University of North Texas Health & Science Center, Research and Education Building, Room 100, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, United States
Join us on Thursday night at 7:00 PM for our last monthly meeting before the summer break.
The program will be The Language of Bird, presented by Nathan Pieplow from the University of Colorado. Nathan is the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds and author of the bird sound blog Earbirding.com.
All around us, all the time, the birds are telling us who they are and what they are doing. In this talk Nathan unlocks the secrets of their language. You’ll listen in on the pillow talk of a pair of Red-winged Blackbirds, and learn the secret signals that Cliff Swallows use when they have found food. You’ll learn how one bird sound can have many meanings, and how one meaning can have many sounds—and how, sometimes, the meaning isn’t in the sounds at all. This talk from the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds is an accessible, entertaining introduction to a fascinating topic.
This meeting will be both an in-person and streamed on-line event. Click here to go to the Zoom link.

Thursday, May 8, 2025: FWAS Big Sit! at Richland Creek WMA
2025-05-08 05:30 - 21:00 | Richland Creek WMA (Carl Frentress Unit), TX
NOTE: For the volunteers who registered for this event, Ted had to reschedule to May 8, 2025.
Rain date will be May 9th.
Join Ted Drozdowski and other Ft. Worth Audubon team members as we take part in this year’s 29th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic. Our count circle will be at the Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area, about 25 miles east of Corsicana, on the Navarro/Freestone County line. This year Ted is inviting more folks to participate. As with all Big Sits, we plan on being there from dawn to dusk, but participants are free to come and go as they please. We were forced to cancel our participation in 2024 due to flooding from all of last spring’s unseasonal rains. In 2023, our team won 1st place in our division with 96 species! We hope to top that this year.
The cost is $30.00 which includes this year’s official GTBC t-shirt. Please note, if our dates are rained out, the registration fee is non-refundable. You will still receive a great t-shirt. Proceeds from your registration support bird habitat and education programs in Texas.
To sign up, contact Ted Drozdowski at drozdovekie@sbcglobal.net, or call (817) 908-6897. Ted will select the exact location at the WMA as the date draws closer. He looks for the best location to see the marsh and the nearby woodlands.
Participants will also need a ‘Limited Public Use’ permit to access the WMAs. Go online to https://www.txfgsales.com/CustomerSearch.aspx, enter the data, and select the LPU Permit Item 175. the permit cost $12 a year, and expires August 31 of each year. It is good for access to all WMAs in Texas.

Lake Lewisville ELA Mini-Sit Fundraiser
2025-05-03 05:30 - 12:00 | Lake Lewisville Eironmental Learing Area, 201 E. Jones Street, Lewisville, 75057, United States
he Friends of LLELA Mini Sit Fundraiser birding event will be held on May 3, 2025 from 5:30 AM to Noon. This event welcomes all bird watchers, from novices to pros at LLELA, the 2600 acre wildlife refuge below the Lewisville dam. Our species list is over 275.
Create your team, from 3 to 6 birders, and record all observations during the event hours. We will celebrate with an included picnic lunch afterwards. The fee is $20 per person. Please indicate your team leader’s name when you register.
All funds will go towards repairing and activating the MOTUS tracking device located on top of the dam. Details will be sent to all registered team leaders.
Join us for a fun morning of birding! Questions? Email Sue Yost here.
Pre-registration is required at llela.org
