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Tyler Audubon Society is devoted to the
enjoyment and safekeeping of the natural world. Through the participation in
birding, education and conservation ventures, we encourage East Texans to join
us in our mission.
The primary objective of the Tyler
Audubon Society is to create an awareness of the natural world's beauty and
problems by promoting an appreciation of birds, other wildlife and habitat,
to promote an awareness of the environmental problems of the past, present and
future, and to find solutions for these problems.
Notices
Next
Meeting
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May
2, 2009 - Picnic at the Nature Center at 11:00 (Birding at Camp Tyler
at 7:30) |
Picnic.
People
who are not Tyler Audubon members are welcome. Plan to bring a salad, side
dish or dessert, and let Alice Rhodes (rhodes64@suddenlink.net
or 903-566-0498) know what you are bringing. From
Camp
Tyler
, go back out to
Bascom Rd
, go right for several miles. The
TPWD
Nature
Center
is on the left, about a mile past the cemetery. If you get back to Spur
248, you have gone too far.
Field
Trips
May
Field Trips with Tyler Audubon
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Saturday,
May 2.
Camp
Tyler
for spring migrants and breeding birds. Blue Grosbeaks, Painted and Indigo
Buntings, Orchard Orioles and Summer Tanagers should be present, as
well as migrant warblers and other landbirds. The annual picnic at the
nearby
TPWD
Nature
Center
off Hwy 848 (
Bascom Rd
) immediately after the field trip at 11:30 am. We will probably
leave
Camp
Tyler
between 10:30 and 11 am.
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Directions. Meet at 8 am in the parking
lot by the barns on the left as you drive into
Camp
Tyler
. To reach
Camp
Tyler
from Loop 323 in
Tyler
, take Spur 248 3 miles to FM 848 (
Bascom Rd
). Go right and travel 4.3
miles to
McElroy Rd
(watch for the small
Camp
Tyler
sign on
Bascom Rd
). Turn left onto
McElroy Rd
(CR 2127);
Camp
Tyler
’s entrance is ahead on the left.
This is a half-day trip that involves easy walking of
approximately 1 mile.
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Saturday,
May 9.
Mineola
Preserve for migrants and breeding birds. The preserve has ponds,
riparian habitat and fields that attract a variety of birds. There
should be breeding Prothonotary,
Kentucky
and Swainson’s Warblers, Yellow-breasted Chats and
Northern Parulas
, Great Crested and Acadian Flycatchers, Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo and
Painted Buntings. This is a great time of year for migrant warblers,
flycatchers and orioles. The nearly
Mineola
water treatment ponds can have shorebirds if water levels are
appropriate.
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Directions.
From I-20, take Hwy 69 north past Lindale. Just
after you pass the
Sabine River
, take the first right and follow the signs to the Mineola Preserve.
If you enter the town of
Mineola
on Hwy 69, you have gone too far. We will meet in the Preserve parking
lot at 7:30 am. We will walk 1-2 miles on well-maintained trails, then
drive to the water treatment ponds. We should be done before noon.
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Tyler
State Park
bird walks
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Boyd
Sanders is leading bird walks at
Tyler
State Park
on May 9 and 23. Walks begin at the park headquarters (entrance
station) at 8:30 am and last approximately 2 hours.
Questions? Directions? Contact Peter Barnes
(903-839-8359 or pbarnes123@gmail.com). On field trip days, call Peter
at 903-343-3437 if you are lost or have questions.
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If
you would like to be added to the Birding email list contact Peter
Barnes at pbarnes123@gmail.com
This is a long
list of people so be sure to put the above email address in your address
book if you have filters on your email.
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This site was last updated
04/27/09
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