March 2008 Monthly GTAS Meeting

Thursday, March 20, 2008

7:00 PM, "The Green Barn"

adjacent to the Garden Center, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont

Alaska

Pat and Don Jeane

         As many of you will know, Pat and Don Jeane spent last summer in Alaska. They will show us some of the birds, other wildlife, scenery and wildflowers that they saw during their trip. Their explorations included St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Group, far out in the Bering Sea and noted for its cliffs with nesting seabirds including Tufted and Horned Puffins, three species of Auklet, Common and Thick-billed Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, Red-faced and Pelagic Cormorants, and Black-legged and Red-legged Kittiwakes. They also visited Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Mt. McKinley, the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, and the Valdez area. In these areas there are, of course, Ptarmigans (the state bird of Alaska) as well as many other species unfamiliar on the Texas coast.

         One of Don's photographs won the first place ribbon in the State Fair of South Texas. One of the door prizes will be a print of that photograph.

         We will plan on having the doors open by 6:00 p.m. and the program will start at 7:00 p.m. sharp.