Promoting the watching, protecting and enjoying of birds in and around Wimberley, Texas

 

 

Next Quarterly Meeting
November 17 ,2025
10:00 – 11:00 am

Wimberley Community Center

 

 

Guest speaker: Jesse Huth (Winter Bird Visitors)

 

Fall birding can be confusing with drab migrant warblers, funky looking youngsters, and all kinds of plumage transitions that don’t match up to the field guide pictures. From Black-crested Titmice that don’t have black crests to tailless Great-tailed Grackles, we’ll discuss some central Texas birds that just ain’t right. In this presentation I’ll attempt to demystify a few of these oddities, and give some tips on how to differentiate some seemingly similar species.

 

Born and raised in the Texas Hill Country, Jesse has had a close relationship with the outdoors, nature, and science for his whole life. Jesse’s interest in birding began at age six, with frequent visits to a neighboring birder who taught him the basics of bird identification. His drive to learn led to the Wimberley Birding Society, where he was welcomed on their trips and taken under the capable wings of the members. Eventually he began leading some of the birding trips himself, as well as conducting bird counts for local landowners.

 

He studied Poultry Science at Texas A&M University, and continued on to complete a master’s degree in Poultry Welfare & Behavior.

 

After college, Jesse set out to start a poultry consultation business in the hopes of making scientific knowledge accessible to keepers of backyard chicken flocks. This eventually became “Huth Avian Services”, which also organizes custom birding tours guided by Jesse, and conducts annual bird surveys for landowners who maintain wildlife management exemptions. Not long after college Jesse also began guiding for the Partnership for International Birding, and leads tours for them across the mid/western US, Hawaii, and South America.

 

For the last three years he has served on the Texas Bird Records Committee.
Jesse also hosts a weekly radio show, “Squawk Talk” that discusses various aspects of poultry and birding.

JOIN US!

Interested in joining us? Dues are $5 a year and can be paid at the next meeting or can be sent to Wimberley Birding Society, PO Box 1526, Wimberley TX 78676.

 

For more information about the group, contact president@wimbirds.org.

  • Wimbird Birding Opportunities

  • On the first Tuesday of the month, Jesse Huth (jesse@pibird.com, 979-422-7061) leads a bird walk no more than an hour away. Meet at the Wimberley Community Center at 7:15 am, and bring $10 to pay for Jesse’s expertise.

    Photo by Cris Peterson

     

     

     

     

     

  • Patsy Glenn Refuge

  • The Patsy Glenn Refuge encourages and protects birds and all wildlife. It has also served to inform and educate visitors, including area school children, and to improve the Cypress Creek watershed.

     

    Through Patsy Glenn’s efforts, an unused portion of land next to the proposed Wimberley Community Center was turned over to the Wimberley Birding Society for development as a bird sanctuary. In 2001, Patsy enlisted over 60 volunteers to clear the land, create nature trails, wildflower areas and feeders to attract birds. She later guided numerous improvements, including a chimney swift tower, a viewing station, a rainwater collection system and a butterfly garden.

     

    At the end of 2021, award-winning architect and landscape architect Jerry Lunow designed and directed construction of the Enhanced Wetlands in the preserve, creating an attraction for new bird species and other wildlife.