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Day Trips
The South Llano River State Park has something for just about everybody
"...and a list as long as your arm of birds who flock to the feeders...."

April 11, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Local Critters Struggle Through Wet Weather
Austin, Hill Country's animals getting hammered by rains, other harsh conditions
"...after themselves, being knocked out of the nest. "For birds like doves that build a very flat, rickety nest,..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Girls Can Tell
Gadding about
"...nicely baking pregnant belly. Now that's a rockin' mom! BIRDS GOTTA FLY, DUDES GOTTA GET MOHAWKS The last stop..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Breaking: Congress Avenue Closed
Expected until noon
"...Chavez to 11th street, due to finding several dead birds -- several dozen -- by the Capitol building. It's..."

Jan. 8, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Joey Fauerso: Wide Open Wide
Joey Fauerso's 'Wide Open Wide' is a stellar animation that sets hundreds of her paintings in motion, but the display of those paintings at Women & Their Work makes for a less than compelling installation
"...delicately shift positions to the sound of crickets and birds chirping and launches a swarm of black birds into..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Below the Surface: A Different Order
In both halves of the Marjorie Moore and Jeffrey Dell joint show, "Below the Surface: A Different Order," a sense of loss is communicated, sometimes in terms of artistic technique, sometimes in terms of life
"...loss of life endemic to road-killed frogs and taxidermied birds, as well as the passage out of childhood, marked..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Flight Patterns
The Texas Documentary Tour: Judy Irving's 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'
"...much 'story' in a guy feeding a bunch of birds" took a few tentative steps into a half-hour children's..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

To Your Health
Should I ditch my Teflon cookware?
"...Birds seem to be especially susceptible to poisoning from the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

A Better Place
For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals
"...a continuously replenished roster of other primates, big cats, birds, horses, foxes, dogs, and miscellaneous odds and ends cast..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Day Trips
Jim Hansen, aka the Birdman of Bellville, can tell you a thing or two about birds and birdhouses
"...Birdman of Bellville knows a thing or two about birds, cats, and life...."

July 22, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Creative Hands
How artists shape the ancient medium of clay into works of stunning variety
"...as a ground for subtle coloring and drawings of birds, whose necks echo the long lines of the form...."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Salon of the West
They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?
"...the great and gentle naturalist, spent a life watching birds, telling stories, writing letters, and holding together a community..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Letters at 3AM
Seniors graduate into the world of the Bush junta.
"...crumbs can point the way home. And if the birds eat 'em, then follow the birds. Either way you..."

June 13, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Sheet Music
Summer Reading
"...Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Musicby Jerry Zolten..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

TV Eye
The pre-Top 10, unofficial year in review.
"...From the Promising but Disappointing Files: Birds of Prey (WB), Push, Nevada (ABC), and Fastlane (Fox):..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City
"...of last report, in Travis Co.) are testing dead birds for West Nile virus, which is slowly making its..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Talking Trash
A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.
"...machines -- attracted thousands of buzzards, grackles, and other birds. When the birds weren't hovering around the trash, they'd..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Rio Grande No Longer?
An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande
"...the Lower Rio Grande Valley, a virtual funnel for birds migrating up and down the Mississippi Valley and Rocky..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

A Primer on Peppers
The Fire Behind the 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
"...an environment they prefer, they naturalize and escape cultivation. Birds are excellent vectors for dispersal, because birds are immune..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden
The exhibition "Charles Umlauf: A Retrospective, 1933-1992" at the gallery Spazio by Lytle Pressley, is a fresh reminder that Umlauf was an artistic virtuoso in many ways and not simply an artist who lived in Austin, but an artist who was Austin, who embodied something of the character of the city and revealed it in his artwork.
"...the Three Muses in Centennial Park, St. Francis With Birds, Man in Supplication, John the Baptist, Madonna and Child,..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Noshing Kosher
Lorne Oppler gives the lowdown on eating kosher in Austin.
"...gunshot, arrows, etc.), or from the meat of scavenger birds, or birds that prey on others (falcon, vulture, etc.)...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Food Feature by Lorne Opler

Real Life Rat Tales
Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.
"...like to plant gardens, keep compost piles, and feed birds...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Holding Light: The Seen and the Unseen
Rebecca Cohen looks at the exhibition of contemporary glass sculptures "Holding Light" at the Austin Museum of Art: Laguna Gloria.
"...pedestals in the shape of Coptic jars, bison, and birds, forms the artist describes as Egyptian, Cycladic, and Native..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Review by Rebecca S. Cohen

Texas Platters
"...THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Back to Nature
Reviewing New Work by Judy Jensen and Claudia Reese
"...figures. They seemed to be metamorphosing into animals or birds, or perhaps they were animals returning to human form...."

May 16, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Day Trips
"...hundreds of visitors to look for them daily. The birds winter at the lake between Burnet and Llano from..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas
Restored Port A nature preserve is paradise for wildlife and people
"...setting a few degrees cooler than the surrounding area. Birds flitter among the newly planted native trees and plants..."

May 3, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Point Austin: Trials of Our Would-Be Rulers Highlight the Limits of American Justice
In Trump and Paxton trials, the rules don’t apply
"...We can hope. But justice this long delayed… Birds of a Feather..."

April 19, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Egg Hunts, Trans Visibility, and More Community Events
Meet your fellow Austinites as these goings-on
"...way to “engage in our mission to protect native birds.” Birders compete in teams to see how many birds..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Saoirse Ronan Battles Addiction in Unflinching Drama The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt’s nonlinear film goes to hell and back
"...the Northern Isles of Scotland and helps map rare birds for a conservation organization. The effect of this then-and-now..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

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