[texbirds] Christmas Bird Count Invitations

From: Brent Ortego <brentortego@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:41:53 -0500
I enjoyed Martha Hoods's invitation to Armand Bayou "Come for the birds, come 
for the fun, but just come!".  That was great!
 

I also saw all of the other CBC posts.  I thought I better my invitations out 
before everybody makes plan.

 

All Texas CBCs need your help.  Attend as many as you can, and help show the 
rich diversity locally and througout our State.

 

Matagorda County - Mad Island Marsh.  Monday 16 December.  We were fortunate to 
be Number One in the Nation again last year with 232 species.  We have access 
to a large part of the count circles private property and we need birders to 
cover expansive woodlands, brushlands, grasslands and wetlands.  Contact any 
one of the section leaders for assignments if you have attended in the past, 
and contact me if you are new to the count.  This year's T-shirt which will be 
provided to all birders will be a Magnificent Frigatebird as drawn by Dennis 
Shepler.

 

Guadalupe River Delta - McFaddin Family Ranches.  Thursday 19 December.  We had 
bad weather last year and only reported 222 species which placed us 4th in the 
Nation.  Three more species and we would have been 2nd.  The Count primarily 
surveys forested river bottoms on private property and has enough grasslands, 
marshes, and brushlands to give us a very diverse report.  Participation has 
been declining in recent years and we have some large ranches which are only 
lightly birded.  If you have birded the count before, contact your section 
leader, and if not contact me.

 

Kenedy County Wind Turbines will hopefully be held during the first week of 
January.  It also had a bad weather day last year and only fielded one crew 
during a very windy, wet day.  This is a special count designed to survey the 
wind tidal flats of the Laguna Madre and the extensive grasslands behind the 
dunes at Padre Island National Seashore.  Birders travel 25 miles by boat down 
the Laguna and 18 miles by car across soft sand to get to the edge of the count 
circle.  Since the count is very dependent on transportation, I will not know 
until close to the date if we will be able to do it.  Let me know if you are 
interested.

 

Come join us in South Texas

 

 

Brent Ortego

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Victoria, TX

361-827-4691
                                          
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