Upcoming Texas Birding events, compiled by Nina Rach, updated 12 Sept 2016 (with 12 CBC dates so far)
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Sept 12 – Mon – Hermann Park monthly bird survey (second Mondays), meet at 7:30am in parking lot D (behind lot E) on south side of Miller Outdoor Theatre stage, Houston. Contact: Jim Winn, ; Harlan Evans,
Sept 12 – Mon - OG Monthly Meeting, Bayland Community Center, Houston, 6:30pm. Joann Rain on Crows;
Speaker: Mark “Westelev “Kulstad, “Birding in Spain: Sierra de Gredos Park, Monfragüe Natl Park, and the plains of Extremadura”
Sept 13 – Tues – Second Tuesday Birding trip with Jesse Huth, Huth Avian Services. Meet at Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12, at 7:15am, bird in a Hays County location until noon. http://www.huthavian.com/upcoming-trips.html
Sept 14 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Sept 15 – Thurs – First for Fall - Baytown Nature Center Bird Survey, 8:00 am with David Hanson, Harris County (admission waived)
Sept 15 – Thurs – Monthly meeting of Huntsville Audubon Society, at City of Huntsville Service Center, 448 Hwy 75 North, in second-floor conference room, 6:00pm supper, 6:30pm program, http://www.huntsvilleaudubon.org/
Sept 15-18 – Thurs-Sun - Hummingbird Festival, Rockport, http://www.rockport-fulton.org/HB
Sept 17 - Sat - Monthly Visitors Day at the Houston Outdoor Nature Club's Little Thicket Sanctuary (LTNS), near Cleveland in San Jacinto County! Sanctuary Manager Aaron Stoley, presiding
Sept 17 – Sat – Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, 299 Highway 332 W, Lake Jackson, 8:00-12 noon
Sept 17 – Sat – Sheldon Lake Monthly Bird Survey, 8am, Pond Center Pavilion, Harris County (third Saturdays, Sept-May)
Contact Hannah Buschert,
Sept 17-Oct 17 – Inaugural Sheldon Lake Birding League (month-long)! Info session at 11am, Acorn Annex building. Register teams with Cullen Ondracek, (#225) or Hannah Buschert (#232), , 281-456-2800
Sept 17 – Sat – Pelagic trip (#4 of 7), S. Padre Island, 6am-6pm (12-hour), texaspelagics.com
Sept 17 – Sat – Houston Audubon Society field trip to Smith Point Hawk Watch, meet John Bartos, HAS president at the tower, 8am.
Sept 17 – Sat – Galveston County Audubon Group field trip to Galveston’s West End, meet at the parking lot on the south side of Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid at 8:00 AM. Greg Whittaker will have the Moody Gardens van available for those that would like to carpool. You can call Greg at (409) 683-4101.
Sept 17 – Sat - Hornsby Bend Monthly Bird Walk (third Sat), Austin, 7:30-11:00am, http://travisaudubon.org/audubonevent/field-trip-hornsby-bend-monthly-bird-walk-12
Sept 17 – Sat – Willow Waterhole monthly bird survey (third Saturdays), meet at 8am(new fall start) in the parking lot of the Gathering Place at 5310 South Willow Drive, Houston. Mark Meyer:
Sept 17 – Sat - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Lake Jackson, public bird banding session, 8am – 12pm. www.gcbo.org
Gulf Coast Young Ornithologists meet 9-11am
Sept 17 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Sept 17 – Sat – Hueco Tanks Birding Hike, Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, 8:00am at interpretive center (third Saturdays), https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/hueco-tanks/hueco-tanks-birding-hike/2016-09-17 Contact Ted Pick,
Sept 18 – Sun – Ornithology Group field trip to Texas City Dike and Amoco Settling Ponds, led by Allen Hardee.
Sept 20 – Tues – Houston Audubon, Fall Hawk Migration class with Glenn Olsen, 7:00-8:45pm *Must register in advance*
http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/733/MenuGroup/Birding.htm
Sept 21 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Sept 21 – Wed – Houston Audubon Nature Photography Association (HANPA) meeting – Nature Photography with Tom R. Chambers, 7:00pm in the Edith L. Moore Sanctuary Headquarters library. This presentation will focus on Buffalo Bayou, Bush Park (West Houston), and The Big Thicket.
Sept 22 –Oct 20 – Thurs – Birding Beyond Borders course by Glenn Olsen, Rice Univ. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Houston. Five sessions, plus field trip October 8 or 15. Section 1 meets 1:30-3pm, Section 2 meets 7-8:30pm. $190 tuition http://glasscock.rice.edu/birding-beyond-borders
Sept 24 - Sat – Pelagic trip (#5 of 7), S. Padre Island, 12-hour (exclusive for Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society)
Sept 24 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Sept 27 – Tues – Houston Audubon Senior Bus Trip to Anahuac and Smith Point Hawk Watch
Sept 28 – Wed – Archbishop Fiorenza Phase II Park, 13551 Westpark Dr., Houston - monthly bird survey (fourth Wednesdays); meet at 7:30am parking lot off Eldridge. Contact Mary Ann Weber to participate:
Sept 28 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Sept 30 – Fri – Houston Audubon’s Amazing Raptors program at Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center, with Mary Anne Weber, 7pm *advance registration required* - Program will be repeated March 10, 2017 http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/1078/MenuGroup/Education.htm
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Oct 1 – Sat – Attwater Prairie Chicken monthly refuge tour (free, but must reserve in advance)
http://www.fws.gov/nwrs/threecolumn.aspx?id=2147494235
Oct 1 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Oct 1 – Sat – Houston Audubon’s Bolivar Flats Beach Ramble (1st Saturdays); meet at 10am at the vehicular barrier.
Oct 3 – Mon – Hogg Bird Sanctuary monthly bird sanctuary (first Mondays), meet at 7:30am, Bayou Bend parking lot
at 1 Westcott St, Houston. Contact Aaron Stoley,
Oct 3 – Mon - OG Monthly Meeting, Bayland Community Center, Houston, 6:30pm
Oct 5 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Oct 6 – Thurs – Online auction begins for Houston Audubon’s annual gala
Oct 8 – Sat – Pelagic trip (#6 of 7), S. Padre Island, 12-hour, texaspelagics.com
Oct 8 – Sat - Armand Bayou Nature Center Bird Survey, 7am, led by Andrew Hamlett ()
Oct 8 – Sat - Second Saturday Bird Walk at The Heard Museum, led by Gailon Brehm & Rodney Thomas, Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society (PTAS) 8:00am-9:30am, 1 Nature Place, McKinney, Texas 75069. http://prairieandtimbers.org/fieldtrips.htm and http://www.heardmuseum.org/birding#birdwalk
Oct 8 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Oct 10 – Mon – Hermann Park monthly bird survey (second Mondays), meet at 7:30am in parking lot D (behind lot E) on south side of Miller Outdoor Theatre stage, Houston. Contact: Jim Winn, ; Harlan Evans,
Oct 11 – Tues – Second Tuesday Birding trip with Jesse Huth, Huth Avian Services. Meet at Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12, at 7:15am, bird in a Hays County location until noon. http://www.huthavian.com/upcoming-trips.html
Oct 12 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Oct 12 – Wed – Houston Audubon Senior Bus Trip to Fiorenza Park, Highway 6 Heron Rookery, Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Oct 13 – Thurs – Galveston County Audubon Group meeting, Wortham Auditorium on the first floor at the Rosenberg Library, Social 6:30, meeting 7-8pm.
Oct 15 – Sat - Hornsby Bend Monthly Bird Walk (third Sat), Austin, 7:30-11:00am, http://travisaudubon.org/audubonevent/field-trip-hornsby-bend-monthly-bird-walk-12
Oct 15 – Sat – Sheldon Lake Monthly Bird Survey, 8am, Pond Center Pavilion, Harris County (third Saturdays, Sept-May)
Contact Hannah Buschert,
Oct 15 – Sat – Willow Waterhole monthly bird survey (third Saturdays), meet at 8am(fall start) in the parking lot of the Gathering Place at 5310 South Willow Drive, Houston. Mark Meyer:
Oct 15 – Sat - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, public bird banding session, 8am – 12pm. www.gcbo.org
Gulf Coast Young Ornithologists meet 9-11am
Oct 15 – Sat - Galveston County Audubon Group field trip
Oct 15 – Sat – Davis Mountains Preserve Open Day (8am-4pm), Nature Conservancy, 25 mi west of Ft. Davis
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/events/davis-mountains-preserve-2016-open-days.xml
Oct 15 – Sat – Hueco Tanks Birding Hike, Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, 8:00am at interpretive center (third Saturdays), https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/hueco-tanks/hueco-tanks-birding-hike/2016-10-15 Contact Ted Pick,
Oct 15 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Oct 19 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Oct 20 – Thurs – Baytown Nature Center Bird Survey, 8:00 am with David Hanson
Oct 20 – Thurs – Monthly meeting of Huntsville Audubon Society, at City of Huntsville Service Center, 448 Hwy 75 North, in second-floor conference room, 6:00pm supper, 6:30pm program, http://www.huntsvilleaudubon.org/
Oct 20 – Thurs - Houston Audubon's annual gala, Lakeside Country Club, 6:30-9:30 pm, Honoring Dr. Dan Brooks and Fred Collins
Oct 21-23 – Fri-Sun – 17th Annual Meeting, Texas Master Naturalists, at La Torretta, Conroe, Montgomery County
Oct 22 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Oct 25 – Tues – Houston Audubon, Intro to Birding class with Glenn Olsen, 7:00-8:45pm *Must register in advance*
http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/733/MenuGroup/Birding.htm
Oct 26 – Wed – Archbishop Fiorenza Phase II Park, 13551 Westpark Dr., Houston - monthly bird survey (fourth Wednesdays); meet at 7:30am parking lot off Eldridge. Contact Mary Ann Weber to participate:
Oct 26 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Oct 29 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Oct 31 – Sat – Pelagic trip (#7 of 7), S. Padre Island, 12-hour, texaspelagics.com
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Nov 2 - Wed - Monthly Bird Hike at Seabourne Creek Nature Park, 3831 State Highway 36, Rosenberg, TX, (Fort Bend County) 8:00-10:00am (Nov-May), http://www.ci.rosenberg.tx.us/index.aspx?page=524
Nov 2 – Wed – Kleb Woods Nature Sanctuary weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Tomball, Harris County
Nov 2-6 – Wed – Sun – 23rd Annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, based in Harlingen, http://www.rgvbf.org
Keynote speakers: Neil Hayward (Fri eve, Boston), Stephen Shunk (Thurs eve, Paradise Birding Tours, Oregon). Afternoon speakers: Erik Bruhnke (Duluth, S. Texas), Ian Davies (Cornell Lab), Cullen Hanks, Homer Hansen (Arizona), Kevin Karlson (Jaeger Tours).
Nov 3 – Thurs – Houston Audubon Senior Bus Trip to Sam Houston National Forest – Big Creek Scenic Area
Nov 5 – Sat – Attwater Prairie Chicken monthly refuge tour (free, but must reserve in advance)
http://www.fws.gov/nwrs/threecolumn.aspx?id=2147494235
Nov 5 – Sat – Houston Audubon’s Bolivar Flats Beach Ramble (1st Saturdays); meet at 10am at the vehicular barrier.
Nov 5 – Sat - Houston Audubon Owl Prowl, meet three live rehabilitated owls in our Bayou Barn at Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center and take a hike through the woods in search of wild owls. 7-9pm with Mary Anne Weber; $10 adults; $6 children
Nov 7 – Mon – Hogg Bird Sanctuary monthly bird sanctuary (first Mondays), meet at 7:30am, Bayou Bend parking lot
at 1 Westcott St, Houston. Contact Aaron Stoley,
Nov 7 – Mon - OG Monthly Meeting, Bayland Community Center, Houston, 6:30pm
Nov 8 – Tues – Second Tuesday Birding trip with Jesse Huth, Huth Avian Services. Meet at Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12, at 7:15am, bird in a Hays County location until noon. http://www.huthavian.com/upcoming-trips.html
Nov 9 – Wed – Kleb Woods weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Nov 12 – Sat - Armand Bayou Nature Center Bird Survey, 7am, led by Andrew Hamlett ()
Nov 12 - Sat - Second Saturday Bird Walk at The Heard Museum, led by Gailon Brehm & Rodney Thomas, Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society (PTAS) 8:00am-9:30am, 1 Nature Place, McKinney, Texas 75069. http://prairieandtimbers.org/fieldtrips.htm and http://www.heardmuseum.org/birding#birdwalk
Nov 12 – Sat – Weekly Birding Walk in the Park, Davis Mountains State Park, 8:30-10:30am
Nov 14 – Mon – Hermann Park monthly bird survey (second Mondays), meet at 7:30am in parking lot D (behind lot E) on south side of Miller Outdoor Theatre stage, Houston. Contact: Jim Winn, ; Harlan Evans,
Nov 16 – Wed – Kleb Woods weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Nov 16 – Wed – Houston Audubon Nature Photography Association (HANPA) meeting – The Pantanal with Kathy Adams Clark, 7:00pm in the Edith L. Moore Sanctuary Headquarters library; Amazon Kingfisher, Black-collared Hawk, and Jabiru!
Nov 17 – Thurs – Baytown Nature Center Bird Survey, 8:00 am with David Hanson
Nov 17 – Thurs – Monthly meeting of Huntsville Audubon Society, at City of Huntsville Service Center, 448 Hwy 75 North, in second-floor conference room, 6:00pm supper, 6:30pm program, http://www.huntsvilleaudubon.org/
Nov 19 – Sat - Hornsby Bend Monthly Bird Walk (third Sat), Austin, 7:30-11:00am, http://travisaudubon.org/audubonevent/field-trip-hornsby-bend-monthly-bird-walk-12
Nov 19 – Sat – Sheldon Lake Monthly Bird Survey, 8am, Pond Center Pavilion, Harris County (third Saturdays, Sept-May)
Contact Hannah Buschert,
Nov 19 – Sat – Willow Waterhole monthly bird survey (third Saturdays), meet at 8am in the parking lot of the Gathering Place at 5310 South Willow Drive, Houston. Mark Meyer:
Nov 19 – Sat - Galveston County Audubon Group field trip
Nov 19 – Sat - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, public bird banding session, 8am – 12pm. www.gcbo.org
Gulf Coast Young Ornithologists meet 9-11am
Nov 19 – Sat – Hueco Tanks Birding Hike, Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, 8:00am at interpretive center (third Saturdays), https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/hueco-tanks/hueco-tanks-birding-hike/2016-11-19 Contact Ted Pick,
Nov 19 – Sat – Birding trail walk, Davis Mountains State Park, 1.25-mile loop from headquarters, 9-11am
Nov 23 – Wed – Archbishop Fiorenza Phase II Park, 13551 Westpark Dr, Houston - monthly bird survey (fourth Wednesdays); meet at 7:30am parking lot off Eldridge. Contact Mary Ann Weber to participate:
Nov 23 – Wed – Kleb Woods weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Nov 26 – Sat – Birding trail walk, Davis Mountains State Park, 1.25-mile loop from headquarters, 9-11am
Nov 29 – Tues – Houston Audubon, Winter Birds of the Upper Texas Coast class with Glenn Olsen, 7:00-8:45pm *Must register in advance* http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/733/MenuGroup/Birding.htm
Nov 30 – Wed – Kleb Woods weekly bird walk, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
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Dec 1 – Thurs – Houston Audubon Senior Bus Trip to Bastrop State Park
Dec 3 – Sat – Houston Audubon’s Bolivar Flats Beach Ramble (1st Saturdays); meet at 10am at the vehicular barrier.