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Audubon Dallas, in cooperation with Audubon Texas and National Audubon
Society, is developing a new sanctuary and education center known as Dogwood
Canyon. http://www.tx.audubon.org/Dogwood.html
Dogwood Canyon is comprised of 250 acres of critical habitat located within
Dallas County in the city of Cedar Hill. The Canyon lies along the Cedar
Hill Escarpement, 12 miles southwest of downtown Dallas, and can be accessed
from FM 1382. The Audubon Center at Dogwood Canyon will be within a 50-minute
drive of four million people - a 20-minute drive from downtown Dallas
and 15 minutes from 24 schools.
Dogwood Canyon sustains the Metroplex's greatest variety of rare and endangered
species. It is the last know nesting habitat in Dallas County for two
endangered songbirds: the Golden-cheeked Warbler (prior to its discovery
here its last known Dallas County nesting was 45 years ago) and the Black-capped
Vireo. Species from East, West, and Central Texas converge here, making
the Canyon the only place in the North America where one can find the
Black-chinned Hummingbird of West Texas nesting in the Flowering Dogwood
of East Texas.
Dogwood Canyon also provides outstanding habitat for migrating and nesting
birds. Orioles, tanagers, warblers, hummingbirds and others feed on the
rich nourishment provided by its lush vegetation. White-eyed, Red-eyed
and Warbling Vireos, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, Chuck-will's Widows
and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, sing their songs seemingly from every tree.
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