Event:
The Rio Grande
Delta Audubon Chapter will hold their monthly meeting on
Monday, Sept. 10 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 our native habitat
birds in our city.
Mr.
Edward Kuprel, Brownville City Forester
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Mr.
Kuprel will present Brownsville's current Landscape Ordinance.
He will be discussing in more detail the apartments located
at Boca Chica and Central Blvd being removed. He will
present the property as it is proceeding along the required
direction adhering to the Landscape Ordinance. You
can see some of the work done to make us more environmentally
friendly and points of the Ordinance at Landscape
Ordinance.
We will all be educated in the ordinance where we can
see how it will help Brownsville become more environmentally
friendly. I had one personal experience where the ordinance
was used to save trees.
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Groove-billed Ani season |
| The summer heat brings the Groove-billed Ani
to their northern most range. The birds use their seed crushing
bills to get bugs too. The grass hopper caught on roads edge
near the last historical monument on the south side of the
road. Driving around the area reveled lots of berries. This
is the same for Laguna Atascosa NWLR. Plentiful food might
keep more here in the Rio Grande Valley for the winter. |
The rain today is creating
fresh water ponds for the Fall Bird Migration. |
| We can expect a winter with great birding
like 03/04. The Laguna Atascosa NWLR fresh water lakes are
doing great. Also, fresh water ponds along Texas 100 and
48 have water to last till spring. Construction along 100
is complete and is in the final stage of bridge building.
No hurricanes the rest of the season and a mild winter would
make it almost perfect for the birds this fall, winter, and
spring. |
Butterfly
viewing can be great this fall if we dry out.
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The rain is great for flowering plants needed by butterflies.
Drying out would increase the production of nectoring plants.
The Mission Butterfly Festival could have it's best year
every.
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HLS
Border Fence
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Activities are moving along to encourage
HLS to reconsider a fence or they type of fence.
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Mexico |
| I will be in Mexico's El Cielo area the week
before the meeting. Perhaps a trip by RGDA would work out
this fall. |
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Nature
Websites
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
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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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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
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Some of
the coastal birds are returning with the seismograph activity
slowing
down.
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