Event:
The Rio Grande
Delta Audubon Chapter will hold their monthly meeting
on Monday, October 1, 2007, 6:30 p.m. at the Historic Brownsville
Museum at 7th and Madison Streets in Brownsville, Texas.
A locator
map is on this web site.
Our speaker
below will cover conservation efforts for Sea Turtles.
Judy
Walton - Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtles
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Judy's "turtle
talk" will cover information about the 5 species
that live in the Gulf; a little about the history of
Sea
Turtle, Inc, including
its founder, Ila Loetscher; the nesting season just concluded
and a short photo tour of
the tanks and some of our resident turtles. She may have
a short video of this weeks Loggrhead release and/or
some video of the historic Green strandings this winter.
From
Judy - As for me, I taught at UTB/TSC for 31 years before
retiring in 2001. I am now Emmerita Professor of Kinesiology.
I've
been on the Board of the Friends of Laguna Atascosa since
1999, and after I retired one of the biologists at the
refuge asked if I wanted to do turtle nesting patrols.
So, I started those in 2003 and then went to a hatchling
release and was hooked---I started volunteering at Sea
Turtle, Inc right after that. I'm into my fourth year there
as a volunteer. I never thought I could be so enamored
of sea turtles, but I am!
Come
and get hooked too.
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White-tailed
Hawk |
| Photo above shows the wing stretching along
with the foot if you look close or click for the larger image. |
Rio
Reinforestation XVI - Saturday - October 13, 2007
Rain out
Day October 27, 2007
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| Rio
Grande Delta Audubon is asked to do the Hot Dog cooking
and fixing for 3,000 plus hot dogs. We need
at least one person to keep up to five boiling pots cooking
the weiners
and at
least
six bun stuffers to fill out the team. I will be getting
an exact starting time, but it will be early about 6AM
and last until about noon. Once the job is done you can
help with other activities or leave. Let Lee Zieger
know if you can come. Click for flyer with details and
map. |
Groove-billed
Ani season
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| The summer heat brings the Groove-billed Ani
to their northern most range the Rio Grande Valley. The above
photo was taken at the Bird Tree on Texas 4 (Boca Chica)
across from the Massey Lane entry and a big yellow smiley
face. This dead tree had Northern Mockingbird and Long-billed
Thrasher that same
morning
and Osprey many times. |
Calendar
of Events |
The
12th Annual Texas Butterfly Festival
October18-21,
2007
721 N. Bryan Rd
Mission, TX 78572
Tel (956) 585-2727 Fax (956) 585-3044
For more info:http://www.texasbutterfly.com |
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| Malachite found in Texas and Mexico Festivals |
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The 14th Annual RGV Birding
Festival.....
November
7-11, 2007
For more information, contact the Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-531-7346.
Visit http://www.rgvbirdfest.com for
more information |
El Cielo Butterfly Festival, Oct. 31
- Nov. 4, 2007
Phone/ Fax 011-52(81)8378-5926
Information
and Registration |
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Websites -
Nature & Conservation
Gladys
Porter Zoo
Sabal
Palm Preserve
Frontera
Audubon
Valley
Nature Center
Los
Ebanos Preserve
Laguna
Atascosa NWLR
Santa Ana NWLR
SPI
Nature Center
Birds
of RGV
Bird
Guiding - and linked trip reports with species and
photos
Landscape
Ordinance-Bro
Sea Turtle, Inc. |
About
Us..
Rio
Grande Delta Audubon is dedicated to conservation of our
native habitat for the protection of birds, other wildlife,
and for the enhancement and appreciation of our environment.
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Officers & Board
Lee Zieger, President
Greg Vail, Vice President
Mary Jean Garcia, Secretary
Hugo & Magda Rodriguez, Treasurer
Dorothy Greaney
George Garcia
Margaret Etchinson
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Grande Delta Chapter, Brownsville Texas
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Newsletter
Editor:
Lee Zieger
956-831-4653
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Contact Information:
Lee Zieger:
8801 Boca Chica Brownsville,Texas 878521
Office:(956)831-4653 or 1-866-279-1775
Fax: (956) 831-0147
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put them on our e-mail list. |
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| Long-Billed
Thrasher plus Ani and Hawk above of the RGV Speciality
Birds seen only in South Texas in the RGV
Birding Fest. |
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