GUIDED TOUR OF HOUSTON AUDUBON COASTAL SANCTUARIES

Title: GUIDED TOUR OF HOUSTON AUDUBON COASTAL SANCTUARIES
Location: Galveston, Houston
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Description: Join us on May 1st for a guided tour of our coastal sanctuaries. We’ll start in High Island at Boy Scout Woods looking for songbird migrants, then head over to the Rookery at Smith Oaks to view the hundreds of nesting Roseate Spoonbills, Egrets, and Cormorants. Under the oaks, we’ll stop for a picnic lunch before driving to Mundy Marsh and the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary. There we’ll see shorebirds such as avocets, ibis, herons, terns, and gulls. From Bolivar we’ll jump on the ferry to Galveston, spotting Brown and White Pelicans and dolphins along the way. Upon landing, we’ll return to Houston from Galveston.

We will meet at Boy Scout Woods at 9:00 AM or earlier in Houston if carpooling. You are welcome to join us at any part of this field trip – for the entire day, just the morning hike, or in the afternoon.

Please RSVP to Andrea Ritchie at aritchie@houstonaudubon.org if you are attending and if are interested in carpooling.

Great Egrets at the RookeryThis is a free field trip but you should consider bringing the following things:

* Picnic lunch
* Water bottles
* Snacks
* Binoculars
* Insect repellant
* Sun block
* You might want to consider a long-sleeved shirt or light jacket
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-05-01