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Register online at www.houstonaudubon.org or contact Juanita Perkins at jperkins@houstonaudubon.org
The class comes with a field trip for Saturday, October 27, 7:30am-4:00pm
In this class you will learn the basics of bird watching, or birding, which will include learning about the habitat, migration, and behavior of birds, as well as how to identify them by family and species. In this class you will not only enrich your enjoyment of the birds in your own backyard, but you will attain a set of skills that will allow you to explore and expand your enjoyment of birds near and far.
Cost:
Non-members- $90
Members- $75
RSVP by emailing cypresstop@pct3.com or calling (281) 357-5324 to be added to the wait list.
- Must be at least 50 years of age to participate.
- You may only sign up yourself and/or plus one (friend/spouse). No multiple reservations.
- A confirmation email will be sent a week before the trip.
Trip to Tour Old Victoria and To Visit the Victoria County Courthouse
Date: September 21, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip to New Braunfels to Tour the Comal County Courthouse and Gruene Historic District
Date: October 26, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip to the Sam Houston Home and Museum in Huntsville and the Fanthorp Inn in Anderson
Date: November 16, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip on December 14, 2018: TBA
For more future trips or information, visit pct3.com.
Join Houston Audubon at the Edith Moore cabin, where a professional actress will be portraying Edith, followed by a Houston Audubon-led nature walk at 2:00 p.m.  (Event is open house format.) For more information, visit Facebook event page.
This program is part of the Tales of Houston Women collaboration, a two-month retrospective and celebration by several of our community’s organizations displaying the many ways Houston’s women have, are, and will put their mark on history. We are celebrating through art, lectures, science, movies, dance, and more. Learn more at www.talesofhoustonwomen.org.
Join current women environmental leaders on a boat tour of Buffalo Bayou into the East End to learn about the historical women and current women leaders who have and are shaping our city’s environment.
This program is part of the Tales of Houston Women collaboration, a two-month retrospective and celebration by several of our community’s organizations displaying the many ways Houston’s women have, are, and will put their mark on history. We are celebrating through art, lectures, science, movies, dance, and more. Learn more at www.talesofhoustonwomen.org.
Gather in the Cullen Running Trails Center to learn about the influential women of Memorial Park, including Ima Hogg, Sara Emmott, Terry Hershey, and Sadie Gwin Blackburn; then join Memorial Park Conservancy’s women leaders for a guided stroll in the park. For more information, visit Facebook event page.
This program, Houston Women in the Environment, is part of the Tales of Houston Women collaboration, a two-month retrospective and celebration by several of our community’s organizations. The program displays the many ways that Houston’s women have, are, and will put their mark on history, celebrating through art, lectures, science, movies, dance, and more. Learn more at www.talesofhoustonwomen.org.
The Parks and Natural Areas (PNA) Roundtable Field Trip is a tour of three parks in Sugar Land. The tour begins at 9:30 a.m. at Sugar Land Memorial Park and continues to Smart Financial Center Plaza and Brazos River Park. Participants will meet at the pavilion near the lake and playground. Online registration is requested.
Transportation from H-GAC at 8:45 a.m. can be provided for up to 20 registrants.
RSVP by emailing klebwoods@pct3.com or calling (281) 357-5324 to be added to the wait list.
- Must be at least 50 years of age to participate.
- You may only sign up yourself and/or plus one (friend/spouse). No multiple reservations.
- A confirmation email will be sent a week before the trip.
Trip to Formosa-Tejano Wetlands and Calhoun County
Date: September 28, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip to Freeport and to hear Kevin Karlson speak about his book Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America
Date: October 5, 2018
Time: TBA
Note: This trip will start and end later than usual and there is a fee required for the talk.
Trip to Sabine Woods and Sea Rim State Park
Date: November 9, 2018
Time: TBA
For more information, visit pct3.com.
2018 Update on Nesting Shorebirds in Galveston County presented by Kristen Vale of American Bird Conservancy
The Galveston County Audubon Group (GCAG) of the Houston Audubon Society hold monthly meetings jointly with the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council (GINTC). The meetings are held in the Wortham Auditorium on the first floor at the Rosenberg Library, 7 – 8 p.m. They welcome guests to come early at 6:30 p.m. to visit with other birders about their recent outings and sightings before the meeting. Membership is free and meetings and field trips are open to the public. Membership in Houston Audubon Society is encouraged but is not required.
Texas City Dike Field Trip: Saturday, November 17: 8:30 a.m. – Noon
Meet at the Texas City Dike Pavilion parking lot.
RSVP by emailing cypresstop@pct3.com or calling (281) 357-5324 to be added to the wait list.
- Must be at least 50 years of age to participate.
- You may only sign up yourself and/or plus one (friend/spouse). No multiple reservations.
- A confirmation email will be sent a week before the trip.
Trip to Tour Old Victoria and To Visit the Victoria County Courthouse
Date: September 21, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip to New Braunfels to Tour the Comal County Courthouse and Gruene Historic District
Date: October 26, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip to the Sam Houston Home and Museum in Huntsville and the Fanthorp Inn in Anderson
Date: November 16, 2018
Time: TBA
Trip on December 14, 2018: TBA
For more future trips or information, visit pct3.com.
Register online at www.houstonaudubon.org or contact Juanita Perkins at jperkins@houstonaudubon.org
Secretive and challenging to identify are what make this group of birds fun. The Upper Texas Coast is a great place to see wintering sparrows. Learn the key principles of identification that will enable you to separate the 17 different species that are possible. After this class you will no longer call sparrows little brown birds, you will recognize them as sparrows.
Comes with a field trip for Saturday, December 1, 7:30am-4:00pm
Member cost: $75
Non-member cost:$90