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Attention Birdwatchers- Bring Your Binoculars
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This is a Grand Marquee event! Houston Happy Hikers will hold a 5K & 10K walk at High Island on Saturday, March 15.
World famous birding location.... Bring your binoculars and rest a while in the grandstands overlooking Purkey’s Pond.
High Island is the surface expression of a salt dome on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Due to its elevation above the saltwater table, it supports wooded habitat that supplies food, water and place to rest for tired trans-Gulf migrants. It is known worldwide for its spectacular variety of spring migrants. It is also famous for an easily viewed rookery. On the lower levels off the “island” there are producing oil fields and the roads through the marshes there can also provide some good views of sandpipers and rails including one recent Black rail.
| The Houston Audubon Society (HAS) has two large sanctuaries in the area: Boy Scout Woods and Smith Oaks. Smith Oaks contains the spectacular heron rookery, safely located on an island within a lake, where visitors may get close views of nesting herons, ibis, egrets, and spoonbills. Winnie Burkett is the sanctuary manager and a fountain of knowledge about all aspect of the area. |
Northern Parula © Alan Murphy
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For more information about all the High Island sanctuaries, those owned by Houston Audubon and those owned by the Texas Ornithological Society, please visit www.houstonaudubon.org and www.texasbirds.org.
Start point is the Bird Sanctuaries-Boy Scout Woods on 5th St. Start time is 9 a.m.-noon; finish by 3 p.m. Sanctuary entrance fee is $5.00.
Contact: Catherine Kellner (979) 478-6203 www.houstonhappyhikers.org
Contributor, Houston Audubon Society
Just down the road from the High Island sanctuaries lies the Audubon Village Resort.
As part of Audubon Village, Crown Team Texas and the Houston Audubon Society have set aside over 350 acres as a permanent nature reserve for the preservation of Bolivar Peninsula’s world class birding populations and other abundant wildlife. Audubon Village will offer six unique house plans, with amenities to suit your individual tastes.
Click here for more info about Audubon Village |
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W. Crane @
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:29 PM | |
I am in total awe of the birds coming home for summertime. I will get my hummingbird feeders ready ASAP. I also am deeply considering purchasing one of the Audubon Homes. They appear to be built well and because they are so high up, I think I will be able to see more birds than the watchers along the Highway. |
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ByFeatherFest 2008 Thursday April 3-6 @
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:41 AM |
For those who have attended “FeatherFest” in prior years, we can promise that FeatherFest 2008 will be better than anything before.
It will offer more time to attend and more events to choose from. So don’t be concerned that you will just doing the same thing again, come on back and bring your friends. The festival will again open early on the Thursday and there will be events scheduled throughout Sunday morning and into the afternoon. Our famous “Social” evenings showcasing Historic Galveston will still be very much part of our “show”.
Thursday April 3 through Sunday April 6
www.galvestonfeatherfest.com |
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ByThe Raptor Project @
Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:57 PM |
Free raptor shows will be offered April 3-6 in Galveston as part of FeatherFest 2008.
The shows will be presented by the Raptor Project, a traveling collection of 15 to 20 predatory birds organized by wildlife rehabilitation expert Jonathan Wood of Roxbury, N.Y.
Exhibitions are in Saengerfest Park in Galveston's downtown historic district.
FeatherFest, a nature celebration, includes workshops, field trips, tours and social events. Headquarters is in Old Galveston Square, 2221 The Strand. Workshops will be there, and most field trips and tours depart from there.
FeatherFest: 409-392-0841; www.galvestonfeatherfest.com
Raptor show background: www.raptorproject.com
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