There are still places available on this field trip. Contact Jean Booth if you
wish to attend.
Brazoria County, Saturday, January 13, 6:45 am
(includes San Bernard NWR, Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, and Brazoria
NWR)
Led by Ron Weeks
We will bird from 7 AM to 3 PM. Meet at 6:45 AM at TDECU at 1001 FM 2004.
Bring walkie-talkies. Limited space available, sign up with Jean Booth –
Ljeanbooth@xxxxxxx.
We are excited to have Ron Weeks shows around Brazoria County again this year.
Ron has been an editor for North American Birds, is an NAS Christmas Bird Count
compiler, and an e-Bird reviewer for many years. Ron has co-authored two books
about Texas birds, A Birder’s Guide to the Texas Coast and Birdlife of Houston,
Galveston and the Upper Texas Coast. He is a festival guide for the Rio Grande
Valley Birding Festival and our local Galveston Featherfest. Ron works for Dow
Chemical in Freeport and focuses in plastics R&D. Ron volunteers for Dow’s
annual Skimmer Day, which is an activity of Dow's Texas Operations Wildlife
Support Team.
We will meet at 6:45 AM at TDECU (Texas Dow Employees Credit Union), located
1001 FM2004, which is located near the intersection of TX288 and FM2004 in Lake
Jackson. Take TX288 south toward Lake Jackson and take the FM2004 exit and
make a slight right on FM2004 for .69 mile. If you reach Lake Rd, you have gone
a little too far. It is close to Brazos Mall.
We will start at San Bernard NWR looking at woodland (Bobcat Woods), waterfowl
(Wolfweed Reservoir and Moist Soil units) and marsh (Moccasin Pond) birds, then
move to Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary to look and gulls, terns, and
shorebirds, and finish up at Brazoria NWR.
This trip will focus on rare birds found during the Christmas Bird Counts and
any other special birds participants would like to see.Bring walkie-talkies and
a lunch. Dress for the weather and bring boots (although we probably won’t need
them), warm clothes, sunscreen and mosquito spray. Bring binoculars and your
scope and bird books. Bring your smiley faces and remember birding etiquette
practice in consideration of the group and our guide. We will merge into fewer
cars and leave some in their parking lot.
The field trip is limited to 15 participants, so sign up by emailing
Ljeanbooth@xxxxxxx – cell # 832 816 1060.
