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Field Trip Schedule

August Field Trip

August TBD

  • Leader: TBD
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

September Field Trip

September 26, 2026 – Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

  • Leader: Jack Chiles
  • Time: 8:00 am:
  • Meeting Location: Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road,Sherman,TX75092-5817
  • Target Birds: Shorebirds, gulls, terns but other birds will be flying through in the early migratory season
  • RSVP: Jacob Drapkin (jlkdad@yahoo.com); please include your cell phone number since we will be creating a texting thread for this trip
  • Directions: We will meet at the Visitor's Center at 8am and coordinate driving through the Refuge.  Please put in the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in your maps program - should take approximately 60 - 75 minutes to drive.
  • About the Site: Located on the shores of Lake Texoma near Sherman, Texas, is one of North Texas's premier birding destinations. Spanning over 11,000 acres of wetlands, grasslands, and bottomland forest, the refuge sits along the Central Flyway, making it a magnet for migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds throughout the year.

October Field Trip

October 17th or 24th  Tyler State Park

  • Leader: Boyd Sanders
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

November Field Trip

November 21st or 22nd Chalk Hill Farm

  • Leader: Rodney Thomas and Bill Woodfin
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

January Field Trip

January TBD John Bunker Sands

  • Leader: TBD
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

February Field Trip

February 20 Bonnie Wenk Park

  • Leader: Grayson Almond
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

March Field Trip

March 20  Fannin Co. 

  • Leader: Mike Cameron
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

April Field Trip

April 24  UT Southwestern Rookery (TBD)

  • Leader: TBD
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

May Field Trip

May 15th or 22th  Old Sabine Bottoms WMA or Mineola Nature Preserve

  • Leader: TBD
  • Time: TBD
  • Meeting Location: TBD
  • Target Birds: TBD
  • RSVP: TBD
  • Directions: TBD
  • About the Site: TBD

There are typically no field trips in June or July. Field trips are scheduled in the summer for the next fall and spring. Check back in late August for the new schedule.

Organized in 1980, Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society serves Collin County and surrounding counties. We invite you and your family to join us for a wide range of nature-oriented activities. Monthly meetings are scheduled the 4th Tuesday, 6:45 pm, September through November and January through May. They are free and open to the public. Programs are related to wildlife, ecology, conservation and of course, BIRDS!

PTAS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and chapter of the National Audubon Society.3