Come to a GTAS Meeting | Golden Triangle Audubon Society

The monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month except June, July and December at 7pm in Beaumont’s Tyrrell Park Nature Center. They begin with a social time filled with lots of food, followed by the club meeting. Each meeting has a guest speaker and presentation, which are very educational and enjoyable. We invite all newcomers and birdlovers alike.

Tyrrell Park Map

Tyrrell Park is located in SW Beaumont, off of Fannett Road. Take Tyrrell Park Road off of Fannett Road and look for the sign for the park.

When you turn into the park, the Nature Center will be on the left just beyond the entrance. The golf course starts here also. The road makes a big loop through the park and golf course. On the back side of the loop is the parking lot for Cattail Marsh.

Corpus Christi Hawk Watch

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 7:00 PMGarden Center, Tyrrell Park, BeaumontPresented by Nathaniel "Nate" Cooley

The Corpus Christi Hawk Watch is conducted from an elevated platform near the crest of a hill in Hazel Bazemore County Park. The platform overlooks a horseshoe bend on the southern bank of the Nueces River, about 17 miles west of Corpus Christi. Directions and additional information are available on the Corpus Christi Hawk Watch page.

Large numbers of southbound migrating hawks pass over the area, especially Broad-winged Hawks. Birds traveling along both the Appalachian and eastern ridge corridor and the Great Lakes and coastal corridors converge before reaching South Texas, where they are funneled along the western shore of the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi.

Nathaniel “Nate” Cooley is a Washington state native and Washington State University graduate. An avid birder since college, he first learned about hawk watching there. His first job after college was at the Corpus Christi watch, and he is now in his third season working at the HawkWatch International site after spending the spring in Tubac, Arizona. Across his seasons in the field, he has counted more than one million raptors representing 26 species.

The doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and the meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Herps, Odes and Birds

Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 7:00 PMGarden Center, Tyrrell Park, BeaumontPresented by Troy Hibbitts

Troy has a Master’s Degree in Biology and worked as a high school science teacher for 31 years. Now retired, he divides his time between personal outdoor activities and guiding birders, both independently and as a consultant with Birding Texas and Beyond. His love of the outdoors began early in a household where his father had similar interests. His family’s initial focus was herpetology, but birds were always part of the equation. Eventually, that passion grew to include dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, cacti, scorpions, regional mammals, and many other interests.

Troy’s enthusiasm for the natural world is contagious. He has birded in all 254 Texas counties and serves as an eBird reviewer for six counties in Southwest Texas, supporting data quality and helping birders contribute meaningful observations.

The doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and the meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.