Saturday, December 15, 2012 Come for the birds, come for the fun, but just come! Volunteers are needed in the field and in backyards for Armand Bayou's Christmas Bird Count which includes areas of LaPorte, League City, Dickinson, Seabrook and Bacliff (and lots of places in between, see map below), so we need your help. Last year we had a record 157 species, and could not have done it without our counters! Our unusual species included Fox Sparrow, Great Kiskadee, Green-tailed Towhee, Swainsons Hawk, Vermilion Flycatcher, Calliope Hummingbird, Nashville Warbler, Purple Finch, Dark-eyed Junco and more! We meet at 6:30 am at Armand Bayou Nature Centers auditorium and will have Tally Rally at a local restaurant afterwards. We will also be owling at ABNC (5:00 am-ish) Please contact Martha Hood at lazuli007@xxxxxxxxx to register, get signed up for an area and for further details. Thank you! Here's a link to the map of the area: < https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid 6409918881802339454.00045ed2167d370f22545&msa=0&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll).481448,-94.957581&spn=0.430965,0.889206&t=h&z&vpsrc=1 > Happy Birding, Martha Hood Armand Bayou CBC Compiler Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner