Christmas Bird Counts in SE TX, 2007

Southeast Texas Christmas Bird Counts 2007

Saturday December 15.  Turkey Creek Christmas Bird Count. (Hardin and Tyler Counties; including Turkey Creek and Hickory Creek Savannah Units of Big Thicket NP).  Meet at the Big Thicket Visitor Center on US69 at FM420, about 7 miles north of Kountze at 6:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Big Thicket National Preserve.  Contact Paula Rivers at  409-951-6720 or John Whittle (john.whittle@lamar.edu) for more information.

Saturday, December 22.   Bolivar Peninsula Christmas Bird Count. (Chambers County – High Island and Anahuac NWR area).  Meet at the Boy Scout Woods HAS Sanctuary, High Island at 7:00 a.m.  Contact Bill Graber, 409-866-5452.

Sunday, December 23.  Johnson Bayou Christmas Bird Count.  Meet outside the Johnson Bayou School on Highway 82 at 7:00 a.m. Contact Ken Sztraky at berrysheepfarm@att.net or (409) 385-2835 (evenings) for details of meeting place.

Wednesday, December 26. Trinity River Christmas Bird Count. (Liberty County, including Trinity River NWR)  Meet at the Valero Gas Station at corner of Hwy 105 and Hwy 321 meeting at 7:00am. Countdown dinner will be in Cleveland.  Contact Stuart Marcus at stuartma@sbcglobal.net, telephone 936-336-9786, (W) or 936-336-3610 (H).

Thursday December 27.  Old River Christmas Bird Count.  Meet in the area between McDonald's and DJ's Country Store on the corner of I-10 & Hwy 61 (take the Hankamer exit off I-10) at 6:30 AM. The countdown dinner will be at Iguana Joe's just north of I-10 on Hwy 146 in Mont Belvieu. We will meet there between 5:00-5:30 PM. For further details please contact Harry Elliott at harry_s_elliott@yahoo.net, or phone 832-444-0965.

Saturday, December 29.  Sea Rim State Park Christmas Bird Count.  (Jefferson County – Sea Rim SP, Texas Point NWR and Sabine Pass area).  Meet outside the Olde Tyme Diner at the corner at the stop sign on Highway 87 in Sabine Pass at 7:00 a.m. Sponsored by Golden Triangle Audubon Society.  Contact John Whittle at john.whittle@lamar.edu or 409-722-4193 or for more details.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Orange County Christmas Bird Count. Meet in Orange at 7:15 a.m. at the Service Station at the intersection of Highway 105 and FM1442. Contact Ken Sztraky at 409-385-2835 or berrysheepfarm@att.net  for more information.

Saturday, January 5, 2008. Beech Creek Christmas Bird Count (Tyler and Jasper counties at Steinhagen Lake including Beech Creek unit of Big Thicket National Preserve and Martin Dies State Park).  Meet at the Corps of Engineers Picnic Area on FM92 immediately north of the intersection with FM1746 in Town Bluff at 6:30 a.m.  Sponsored by the Big Thicket National Preserve.  Contact Paula Rivers at  409-951-6720 or John Whittle (john.whittle@lamar.edu) for more information.