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Event:
The Rio
Grande Delta Audubon Chapter will hold a monthly meeting
on Monday, August 4, 6:30 p.m. at Rio RV Park, 8801 Boca Chica Blvd in Brownsville, Texas. A locator
map is on this web page. |
Hurricane Dolly
Potluck - Dolly observations, pictures, and discussion. |
Discussion over a potluck meeting with observations, pictures, and discussion about Hurricane Dolly's effect on lower Cameron County. For the potluck bring a dish to serve yourself and at least eight more plus your service. Iced tea and water furnished. Contact Lee or Jennie at 956-831-4653 - 866-279-1775 e-mail riorvpark@aol.com for any questions. |
SEA TURTLE NESTING NEWS - Releases continue |
The 2008 season for the highly endangered Kemps' Ridley sea turtles, which
nest right here on our beaches, is one for the record books: 51 nests have
been found so far - 40 on S. Padre Island, and 11 on Boca Chica Beach. In
addition, one Atlantic Green nest was found, only the second one ever to be
documented on the South Texas coast! Hatchlings are being released at a
record pace, with close to 2,000 so far having made their way back into the
Gulf. Releases are open to the public and occur at 7am at County Beach
Access #4. Visit www.seaturtleinc.com for estimated hatch dates, and/or
call 761-4511 for more information if you'd like to be part of one of these
wondrous experiences.
Hatchlings continue to be release for about three to four weeks after this August 2008 newsletter. Above contact informatin will get you future releases. |
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. |
History of Birding & Conservation in Brownsville |
| A deal is worked out for us to have two pages in a new book with 10,000 copies to include birding and conservation. My idea was to recant the events with historical pictures and text in arriving at today. Today would include the active participants of birding and conservation including Rio Grande Delta Audubon and the locations birders and conservationist seek in Brownsville. I need some help in doing some research and writing. We have about one month. They will collect the information - writing and photos - then set it into their book form for us to review. Greg Vail and Joe Krause have expressed an interested in working on this project. We need a few others. It will be about two photos and 350 words per page for the two page presentation.. |
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Botteri's Sparrow |
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Websites -
Nature & Conservation
Gladys
Porter Zoo
Sabal
Palm Preserve
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 |
Please
forward this newsletter to others and ask them if we
can put them on our e-newsletter list.
My AOL Address List came back misteriously. I am having to review a manual list of new names to get on the AOL list. Let me know if someone tells you they missed the RGDA E-Newsletter. |
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