NDC Board Member and expert birder Cin-Ty Lee is generously guiding two fall migration field trips to the upper Texas coast for our members and for other interested birders from the community. Cin-Ty is offering these trips as a fundraiser for the Nature Discovery Center. All proceeds from the trip will be used to support our nature education programs.
October 15, 2022 –
Shorebirding Along the Texas Coast
If you ever wanted to learn the art of shorebird identification, join us on a day long excursion to the upper Texas coast. We will meet at Audubon’s Bolivar Flats bird sanctuary and work our way up the coast and end the day at Anahuac NWR. On this trip, Cin-Ty Lee will teach the basics of finding and identifying shorebirds, gulls and terns. Depending on weather conditions, we may also stop by High Island to search for migrating songbirds.
Meeting time: 7:45 am (note that this is an all day trip, but you are free to break off at any time)
Meeting locations: We will meet at or near the field trip sites. Exact meeting locations details will be sent to registered participants in advance.
Age Range: Adults and families with children ages 7 and up. Every person who attends will need to register and pay for a spot. Children pay the full price for registration, and must be accompanied by a registered adult in order to participate. These trips will be perfect for both advanced and beginning birders.
Cost: members $80/person; non-members $100/person
Registration: Advance registration is required for all attendees.
Program Size Limit: 20 people
Bring: bug spray, binoculars, snacks and a lunch
Meet Your Birding Guide
Cin-Ty Lee is a professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, where he teaches a wide variety of courses ranging from geology to bird biology. He spends much of his spare time studying, photographing and painting birds and other wildlife. He has written numerous articles on bird identification, focusing on some of the more difficult bird groups, such as loons, immature orioles, pewees, pipits, dowitchers, and recently, Empidonax flycatchers.
