Rio Grande Delta Audubon
(RGDA)-
Rio Grande Valley, Texas
E-Newsletter
Vol.14 No.01 - November 3, 2008, Monday 6:30PM
Location - Historic Brownsville Museum directions below
Christmas Bird Count
Resaca de la Palma State Park Field Trip
What do we do with Aluminum, Tin, Glass, Paper etc - December 2008
Cool
Cities Report
Up Coming Events - mark your calendar
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Mr. & Mrs. Harris Hawk and three chicks - 10-10-08 |
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The 109th Christmas Bird Count
Sunday, December 14, 2008 to Monday, January 5, 2009 |
The Rio Grande Valley CBC coordinator Martin Hagne of Valley Nature Center in Weslaco will let us know what the count is about. The history of the birds in our area is important. National Audubon is the primary sponser of this record keeping effort.
Martin has a short power point presentation, then the paper records we need, maps of the CBC area, and who they will be submited too.
See the Audubon CBC web page http://www.audubon.org/Bird/cbc/
Join Audubon's citizen science team to tell the world by birds are needed. You don't need to be an expert birder to be on the CBC team. |
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Rio Grande Delta Audubon and Joe Lee Rubio with Gorgus Science Foundation had a great team.
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These people stuffed 2,000 Hot Dogs. Great Job! |
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Desalination in Brownsville
and second plant coming.
Thanks your Mr. Jose A. Garza, Chief Water Operator of the Brownsville Desalination Plant for a great presentation on Desalination in Brownsville, Texas
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Cool
Cities |
We may talk about the work done towards making CoolCities out of Brownsville, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, and Laguna Vista. Joe Lee Rubio on Brownsville, Madelene Sandefur for Laguna Vista, Cate Ball for Port Isabel, and Nancy & Baxter Moyer for South Padre Island who we hope will have time to attend and let us know what is happening in their area. You can be a part by joining the group representing your area.
Reference Web Sites Cool
Cities for Sierra Club and Green
Program for Audubon with Toyota support. |
Up Coming Events |
Texas Butterfly Festival - Mission, Texas October 16-19, 2008
El Cielo Butterfly Festival - October 19-23, 2008 Cd Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival November 5-9, 2008 |
Laguna Atascosa NWR - Laguna Loop |
| The refuge is open including the Loop. Call 956-748-3607 for up-dates. |
Right - Harris Hawk on nest |
| This Harris Hawk nesting is a fall hatch. The picture was taken September 23, 2008. As of this e-newsletter the female has been on the nest for four weeks so far. |
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Event:
The Rio Grande Delta Audubon Chapter will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, November 3, 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. Contact Lee or Jennie at 956-831-4653 - 866-279-1775 e-mail riorvpark@aol.com for any questions.
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Harris Hawk Family |
A Harris Hawk Family is growing with a Fall Nesting. Three chick started out and as of this writing two have survived. One almost fell off the nest today, November 2, 2008. Look at the pictures from the nesting femal below to the whole family above on October 10, 2008 with the picture below today. You can see the chick's growth.
Perhaps a field trip could be arranged at the meeting to go see this family. You won't even need to get out of your car.
Come to the meeting to help set the time and date.
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Harris Hawks - This is November 2, 2008 |
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Websites -
Nature & Conservation
Gladys
Porter Zoo
Sabal
Palm Preserve
Resaca de la Palma State Park
Frontera
Audubon
Valley
Nature Center
Los
Ebanos
Preserve
Laguna
Atascosa
NWR
Santa Ana NWR
SPI
Nature Center
RGV & NE
Mexico Butterfly Map
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.
Web Site:
RioGrandeDeltaAudubon.org |
Officers & Board
Lee Zieger, President
Greg Vail, Vice President
Mary Jean Garcia, Secretary
Laura Duval, Treasurer
Dorothy Greaney
George Garcia
Margaret Etchinson |
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Grande Delta Chapter, Brownsville Texas
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Newsletter
Editor &
Contact Info:
Lee Zieger:
8801 Boca Chica Brownsville,Texas 878521
Office:(956)831-4653 or 1-866-279-1775
Fax: (956) 831-0147
RGDAudubon@aol.com |
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