April 12, 2008 - Anahuac / High Island /Bolivar Loop

May 17, 2008 Big Thicket Area

March 8,2008

The March meeting of the LOWER TRINITY VALLEY BIRD CLUB will be held on, Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the meeting room of the First Liberty National Bank located at 1900 Sam Houston in Liberty. From Hwy. 90 turn on Travis Street, between Kentucky Fried Chicken and Whataburger, cross over the railroad tracks and take a right into the bank parking lot. Be sure to come early at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and our “Birder’s Chat” time. WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL BRIEF APRIL MEETING AT WHITE’S PARK (on 61 next to D.J’s Exxon Station) ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008 AT 8:00 A.M. SO WE CAN THEN BIRD AT HIGH ISLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. If you have any questions call President Stuart Marcus at (936) 336-3610 or e-mail him at .

Our speaker for the March meeting will be Glenn Olsen. His presentation is titled “Warblers: Spring Identification and Challenges.” Glenn has had a passionate interest in nature since early childhood. He has been involved with organized birding and conservation efforts in Texas since 1988. As a member of the Houston Audubon Society, he has served as Vice President for Education and is an instructor for Audubon’s Beginning and Intermediate Birding classes. He has also offered birding classes through Rice University’s Continuing Studies Department. Since 1993, he has been actively involved with the Native Plant Society of Texas and has served as State president. Glenn also served as an Audubon Warden monitoring colonial nesting birds in Rockport, Texas, and with the Nature Conservancy’s pilot project to introduce captive reared endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chickens to their preserve near League City, Texas. He leads private birding and nature tours for groups and individuals. Glenn supports the conservation of habitat and educational programs about birds through memberships in the American Birding Association, Houston Audubon Society, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas Ornithological Society, Houston Ornithology Group, and the Native Plant Society of Texas.

March 15, 2008 Field Trip to Sheldon Lake State Park
by Barbara Tilton
Sheldon Lake State Park has lake, marsh, woodland and agricultural field habitats.Nancy and Don Fisher of the Friends of Sheldon Lake (and members of LTVBC) will be our hosts for the day. We will meet at the Environmental Learning Center at 8:30 a.m. The Environmental Learning Center is at 15315 Beaumont Highway (Business 90) at Park Road 138. From Dayton take Highway 90 west for a little under 20 miles to the intersection with FM 2100 in Crosby. In Crosby take the Beaumont Highway (Business 90, not the “main” US 90) and proceed about 5 miles to the park entrance to the right. There is a flag pole on the north side of the road. Cross over the railroad tracks to the park entrance. If you reach Beltway 8 you have gone too far. Bring a sack lunch so we can continue birding in the afternoon. Nancy said that we cannot see everything Sheldon Lake has to offer in one day but we can do a lot of it if we bird all day. The park does not open until 8:00 a.m. The park telephone number is 281-456- 2800.

Saturday April 12, 2008
WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL BRIEF APRIL MEETING AT WHITE’S PARK (on Hiway 61 of I-10 east next to D.J’s Exxon Station) ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008 AT 8:00 A.M. SO WE CAN THEN BIRD AT HIGH ISLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. If you have any questions call President Stuart Marcus at (936) 336-3610 or e-mail him at .

Trinity River Refuge April 19,2008
Trinity River Refuge will be hosting an Earth Day Event at Champion Lake on April 19 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. There will be fishing, dip netting and environmental education exhibits for the kids, kayaks, and boat rides into the lake. Champion Lake is located at the end of CR 417 off of FM 1409 about 10 miles south of Dayton.