Dear Texbirders, The 37th annual Cypress Creek CBC will be held on Tuesday Jan 1, 2013. We will meet at the gazebo on the parking lot at Paul Rushing Park. It is on Katy-Hockley Road in west Harris County. Directions can be found on at: http://www.pct3.hctx.net/parks/pauldrushing.aspx .We will meet at 6:00 AM and depart for our respective areas at 6:30 AM and everyone should be in their areas by 7:00 AM. There is also a group that will meet at 10:00 AM at Paul Rushing Park in case you want to sleep late and let the rain pass. Every year this count misses some fairly common birds. We see these reported on e-bird by non-participants. Many Houston area birders decide to go start their year list in the afternoon on the Katy Prairie. If you would like a map of the circle and a bird checklist I would be happy to send you those and you can e-mail me your results later. There are no fees to participate and you need not join an "official party". If you bird on the Katy Prairie please report your results. I and the Katy Prairie Conservancy would appreciate your help. Fred Collins Katy Prairie Conservancy Advisory Board Member Compiler Cypress Creek Christmas Bird Count 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