The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was last sighted in 1944 and was thought to be extinct. However in 2004 this species was sighted again causing worldwide excitement. Bobby Harrison, associate professor of art and photography at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, is one of three people to rediscover the Ivory-bill in Arkansas. Please join us to hear […]

David Blankinship has acquired many titles in his distinguished career. Researcher, biologist, ornithologist, game warden, conservationist, naturalist, preservationist, birder, bird bander, to name a few. Most of David’s career involved working with the Whooping Crane Recovery Project with National Audubon. The Whooping Crane is one of the rarest North American birds. Once fairly widespread on […]

Since weather did not cooperate on the 20th, we rescheduled this field trip for the 27th. Same instructions: we’ll meet at Denny’s on FM 600 and I-20. We will leave at 7:30 a.m. from Denny’s so if you want breakfast, come early enough to order and eat. Last year’s Jones County field trip produced Burrowing […]

Please join us for a Christmas gathering, Thursday, December 7 at 7 p.m. at the Rose Park Senior Center at the corner of South 7th and Barrow. Bring your favorite finger food (chips, dip, sandwiches, cookies, or whatever goodie can be eaten with the fingers) and a wrapped bird-related under-ten-dollar Christmas gift. We’ll indulge our […]

Join us this Saturday, December 2 for a field trip to Lake Baird in Callahan County, Texas. We will meet at the Towne Crier Restaurant at 818 E. Hwy. 80. We will leave at 7:30 a.m. The restaurant serves breakfast so if you’re hungry come early for breakfast and carpooling. The target birds for this […]

We will leave from the Burger King at 1633 Antilley Road at 7:45 a.m. If you want breakfast, come early. Several of us will be there early for breakfast, 7:10ish. Check out the past weekend’s sightings to see what to expect. Target birds are Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hermit Thrush, Brown Creeper, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned […]

Kathy McGinty, Regulatory Wildlife Biologist, District 3, with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will speak at our November 2nd General Meeting on the Black-capped Vireo and the Golden-cheeked Warbler. Kathy has a masters degree in Wildlife Science from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. She has worked for TPWD for 20 years, first […]

Join us this Saturday, October 21, for our field trip to Lake Fort Phantom. We will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Alfredo’s at 1009 North Judge Ely Blvd. Come early for breakfast and carpooling. We’ve been scouting this week at the lake and there have been as many as two Ospreys still hanging around. Over […]

Rodney Sturdivant will speak to us on his trip he took to the Galapagos Islands in 1989. The Galapagos Islands are largely desolate lava piles with little vegetation, except on the upper slopes, but are of special interest to naturalists for their large tortoises, land and marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and other unusual wildlife. Tourism […]

There will be a field trip to the Old Fort Phantom Area, Saturday morning, September 23, at 7:30 a.m. We will meet at Denny’s (before 7:30) on FM 600. Come early (6:45 a.m.) for breakfast and we can carpool from the restaurant. Recent sightings suggest Clay-colored Sparrow and warblers might be found. Previous field trips […]