OG January field trip –Saturday, January 13 - Brazoria County – guided 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.
Birding: San Bernard NWR, Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary and Brazoria NWR.
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.
Happy Holidays!
