Join Houston Audubon for a hike through the woods during the highly anticipated spring migration season on Saturday, March 31 at 8 a.m.! This is a great hike for new and seasoned birders alike. We promise you’ll see Memorial Park a little differently. Meet at the Cullen Running Trails Center’s porch, get ready to see the Park in a whole new way, and expect to walk about 1 mile. For more information, visit facebook.com.

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Classroom location: Houston Audubon’s Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary. 440 Wilchester Blvd., Houston, TX 77079. Telephone: 713-932-1639

Classroom sessions are normally held in the administration building which is the brick building you first come to on the gravel drive as you enter the sanctuary. On a rare occasion we meet in the log cabin, which is the second building.

Field trip locations: We will review all the details for the field trip in class. The instructor will be checking for bird activity the week of the class to maximize our opportunity to see birds. You will be provided info by email on what to bring and complete driving directions to our meeting location a few days before the field trip

Warblers & Songbirds: April 3-7, 2018

People come from all over the world to the Houston Audubon High Island Sanctuaries to experience the migration and arrival of the “jewels” of the bird world. Learn about the remarkable migration journey of these small and beautiful birds. Learn the principles to identify the 37 different species of warblers that are possible to see in our area as well as other spring migrant songbirds. This class is open to all levels of birders and photographers.

Class: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (7:00-8:45 PM)
Field Trip: Saturday, April 7, 2018 (7:30 AM – 3:30 PM)

INSTRUCTOR

Glenn Olsen leads natural history and birding tours with GOBirding Ecotours and teaches bird identification, gardening for birds and butterflies, and nature-related classes through Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Houston Audubon, Katy Prairie Conservancy, and the Texas Master Naturalist program. He has served on the Houston Audubon Board as Vice President of Education and also served as an Audubon Warden monitoring colonial nesting birds in Rockport, TX. He is currently Region 8 Director for the Texas Ornithological Society. Two of his many other efforts towards conservation include monitoring endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chickens at the Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Preserve and co-founding the Wildscapes Workshop through the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) where he served as president of both the Houston Chapter and the State NPSOT. He has led field trips and/or given programs for meetings of the Texas Ornithological Society, Houston Audubon, Houston Arboretum, the Native Plant Society of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Rockport Hummer/Bird Festival, Galveston FeatherFest, and other groups and festivals.  Glenn has led trips to such exotic locales as Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Amazon Rainforest, Costa Rica and the hottest birding locations in the U.S.

The next STS-AIChE First Friday Networking Lunch (FFNL) will be held on Friday, April 6th from 11:30AM – 1:00PM at the Wyndham Houston West Energy Corridor Park Restaurant and Grill. The restaurant is located on the east side of the hotel and there is designated parking available.  The lunch cost $11 all included (tax, tip, drinks and food) after the South Texas Section has subsidized this event by $5 per attendee. You pay for the lunch when you walk into the Park Restaurant at the Wyndham hotel.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Dr. William Pittman, Fire and Gas Detection Consultant, Micropack Detection (Americas), will speak on how 3D models are being used to develop enhanced fire and gas detector layouts that are cost effective and proven to be compliant with design standards. The methodology presented is based on leading industry guidance on the evaluation of Fire & Gas system effectiveness. It begins by specifying risk-based performance targets for the system and assesses the system’s ability to detect target fires using the actual geometry of the space and field of view of the selected detector – where available. For more information and to register, visit www.aiche.org.

Bring binoculars and join a naturalist for an early morning walk to glimpse some of the
winter and early spring migratory birds. Ages 10+

All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs and events are free of charge unless otherwise noted and open to the public regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, physical ability, national origin, or religion. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in these programs should contact the nature center. Programs meet at the Nature Center unless otherwise noted. Solid shoes are recommended for all walks. Call 281-446-8588 for more information.

We’re waiving all entrance fees for folks to experience the best of our park! Totally free family fun, marine life education and wildlife encounters.  Join the park staff and the Friends of Galveston Island State Park to see what all the buzz is about.

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s Spring Fling is an opportunity to see and celebrate the return of migratory songbirds as they arrive at stopover habitat along the Teas Gulf Coast. This is great time to enjoy the wide variety of species that migrate through Texas dressed in their spring finery. This year, Spring Fling will take place at the Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary from April 7 to May 6 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily. For more information, visit gcbo.org.

On Apr. 7, 2018, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Houston’s Repair Cafe invites you to bring in a broken item and meet local people who have offered to share their skills to help you make repairs. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table, by leafing through books on repairs and DIY. Acceptable items to bring include clothing, small appliances, and bicycles.

If you are interested in volunteering, the Repair Cafe is calling for all handywomen, handymen, handy kids, handy teens and families, tinkerers, and sewers. Volunteers are also needed to guide and assist with general coordination.

For more information, visit eventbrite.com.

Join the Galveston Bay Foundation on April 7th as they celebrate their 30th Anniversary with a tour, dinner, and entertainment. The Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) was established in 1987 under the laws of the State of Texas. The Foundation involves a true cross-section of Bay interests to address issues and concerns related to Galveston Bay. It is managed by members, who represent sport and commercial fishing groups, government agencies, recreational users, environmental groups, shipping, development, and business interests. For more information, visit galvbay.org.

The mission of the Galveston Bay Foundation is to preserve and enhance Galveston Bay as a healthy and productive place for generations to come.

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s Spring Fling is an opportunity to see and celebrate the return of migratory songbirds as they arrive at stopover habitat along the Teas Gulf Coast. This is great time to enjoy the wide variety of species that migrate through Texas dressed in their spring finery. This year, Spring Fling will take place at the Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary from April 7 to May 6 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily. For more information, visit gcbo.org.