 A pair of great horned owls have been nesting at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for more than 10 years. Two little fuzz-ball owlets hatched in early April, and you can watch them grow up courtesy of a newly-installed nest cam. Find out more about great horned owls in the Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine story Sky Tiger.
Tips To Keep Birds From Hitting Your Windows
 Birds don't understand glass. They see what it reflects, lights shining behind it or don't see it at all. Up to 1 billion birds die from glass collisions in the U.S. each year. Here are 3 tips to help keep birds from flying into your windows:
- Add stick-ons to windows.
- Add screens to the outside of windows.
- Turn off unneeded lights and use timers or motion sensors.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has more cost-effective ways to make your windows bird-safe. Find out more about how outdoor lights impact migrating birds in the magazine story Flying Dark.
 Join us in the Texas City Nature Challenge, taking place 4/26-4/29. It's free and easy to participate: make nature observations, then upload photos of those observations to iNaturalist online or try their app. Cities all over the world participate, and if you don't see your city listed, join the global community.
If you have questions or need more information, email our Texas Nature Tracker biologists. It's a spectacular time of year to get out and observe wildlife – see you out there!
A message from our non-profit partner Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation:
 Driven out of Texas in the 1900s, black bears have gradually returned to their historic habitat – and with support from Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, Borderlands Research Institute and West Texas ranchers are learning more about them.
Their efforts are chronicled in a short film called Second Chance, which follows conservationists, researchers, and ranchers as they study, observe, and celebrate the incredible return of this magnificent animal to Texas. The film is just one of five short films from H-E-B’s Our Texas, Our Future docuseries, made in partnership with Austin-based Fin & Fur Films.
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