Field Trip Schedule

Field Trip Schedule

• Saturday, March 8, 2nd Saturday at the Heard Museum, 7:30/8:00 am
  Optional - Meet at 7:30 a.m. for preliminary birding around the museum building.
  Please sign in at the Heard registration desk on your arrival in time for a prompt start at 8:00.
  Leaders: Rodney Thomas, Mike Cameron
  Length: 2+ hrs.
  Expected Birds: Winter migrants, residents, and waterfowl.
  Carpool: None, meet in the Heard Museum building.
  Registration: None.
  Cost: Participants sign in at the Heard Nature Store and pay the normal entry fee to the Heard Museum, which is free to Heard Museum members.
  Directions: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
  https://www.heardmuseum.org/directions-parking/
  1 Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069
  GPS location 33.1578858, -96.615538 For e-bird lists of what is being seen at the Heard go to eBird:http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L207868/activity?yr=all&m=

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• PTAS Birding Trip: Saturday, March 15, Lake Lavon, Time 7:30
  

  Meeting Place:  Wylie at 7:30 am in the Tom Thumb parking lot next to Bank of America on Kirby St (FM544) just west of Hwy 78.

  COST:  See the NOTES.

  Leader: Mike Cameron

  Length: Until noon

  Target Bird Species: Waterfowl, gulls, osprey, and eagles, but we should also see many of our typical winter birds.  Some early shorebirds are possible.

  RSVP: mike.cameron01@icloud.com

  Carpool: None.

  Directions: Wylie at 7:30 am in the Tom Thumb parking lot next to Bank of America on Kirby St. (FM544) just west of Hwy 78.

  NOTES: The most likely areas we will visit are Sanden Pond (in Wylie), the Collin Park Marina (for gulls), Brockdale Park, and Clear Lake Park, but the exact itinerary will be determined from scouting the week before the event. 

  Please note that there is an entry fee at Collin Park Marina ($3 per car + $3 per person).  

  Additional details will be provided by email via our field trip mailing list the week before the event.

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• PTAS Birding Trip to High Island, April 23-27

On April 23 we will arrive between 4:00 and 5:30 and meet at 6:00 PM for dinner (enchiladas) and get all the plans for the trip.  After 3 intense days of birding, on the morning of the 27^th we will leave early to drive to Boykin Springs, on our way back to Dallas, to search for Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and Backman’s Sparrow.

You may choose to do the daily trips with the group or you are welcome to go out on your own. This is not like any other bird trip or bird walk where you follow the leader.  We will go to locations and spend time looking.  Some places have drips and feeders where you sit patiently and watch. We’re hoping that a lot of the migrants stop on the upper Texas coast for us. Even if the migrants are slow, it will be a rush just to see the local specialties like Swallow-tailed Kites, Seaside Sparrow, Nelsons Sharp-tail, Gull-billed Tern and Magnificent Frigate.

Important Accommodation Information: We have rented 2 beach houses on the Bolivar peninsula.  It’s a great location to reach all the hot spots. The rooms will be approximately $100.00-50.00 per person/per night or $25.00 per night for a bunk bed. Single Master bedrooms with a private bath will cost more than shared bedrooms.  If you are interested in the trip, please email Linda Ergonis here and she will send you all the details and pricing of rooms. To secure your spot you will need to prepay Linda the cost of your lodging.

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May 3
Destination – Red Slough, OK
Target Bird Species – Nesting species and migratory birds
Trip Leader – David Arbour
Meeting Place – TBD
Carpool –
Length of Trip – It is a 2 ½ hour drive from Plano. Most people drive to Idabel, OK on Sat. and spend the night. We meet at the gate at dawn and bird until noon.
Directions – To come
RSVP- Linda Ergonis - gclindae@aol.com