{"id":270549,"date":"2026-04-29T00:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270549\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:12:16","slug":"bird-lovers-weekend-lands-in-bastrop-on-may-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270549\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Lovers Weekend lands in Bastrop on May 1-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArea bird lovers will flock to Bastrop on May 1-2 when the city celebrates its Bird City designation<\/a> with free activities.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell<\/p>\n

Bird Lovers Weekend <\/a>will feature group birdwatching, educational programs, live demonstrations and themed activities, including a bird hat contest, Beer and Bird Songs, and a tour of Bastrop Bird City Junction.<\/p>\n

Created by the Bastrop Cultural Arts Commission, Bird City Junction features multiple large sculptures<\/a> along Chestnut Street, near downtown Bastrop, highlighting some of the birds that fly through the area.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

A Texas-certified Bird City, Bastrop is home to 366 bird species, according to Discover Bastrop officials. The city also sits along a migratory route used by millions of birds during their biannual migration.<\/p>\n

The designation honors communities that support bird habitat, conservation and education.<\/p>\n

What’s planned?<\/p>\n

Check out the schedule breakdown below and click the map pins to see what’s in store for the rain-or-shine event.<\/p>\n

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Also of note<\/p>\n

A separate bird-themed event called Nest Fest<\/a> will fill downtown Bastrop with bird lovers again May 8 from 5-8 p.m.<\/p>\n

The free event will include bird-themed art, handmade goods, live music and local artists as part of the city\u2019s Fridays Art Market Entertainment series<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Area bird lovers will flock to Bastrop on May 1-2 when the city celebrates its Bird City designation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,100741,100744,100739,100743,100747,100742,100740,25511,100745,100746],"class_list":["post-270549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bastrop-bird-city","tag-bastrop-bird-city-junction","tag-bastrop-bird-lovers-weekend","tag-bastrop-birdwatching","tag-bastrop-events","tag-bird-city-texas","tag-bird-lovers-weekend","tag-discover-bastrop","tag-lost-pines-art-center","tag-nest-fest-bastrop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}