Saturday, April 25

Starting at 7:00am on the Bolivar Peninsula side of the ferry.

Join birding expert Cin-Ty Lee and retired NDC Head Naturalist Mary Ann Beauchemin on a day trip along the upper Texas coast during the 2026 spring migration.

This trip is good for beginners and advanced birders as there will be something for everyone.

Additional trip details, including meeting points and times, will be emailed to all registered participants.

Age Restrictions: Adults and families whith children 8 and above (children under 18 must be with a parent).

Bring: Binoculars, water bottles, lunch, insect repellant, sun protection

Wear: Weather appropriate clothing

Cost: $75 member / $95 non-member

Note: entrance to High Island requires an $8/person Sanctuary Day Pass OR is free with Audubon Sanctuaries Season Pass.

REGISTER HERE soon

Meet Your Birding Guides

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.

Mary Ann Beauchemin is the recently retired Senior Naturalist at the Nature Discovery Center where she has taught classes, camps and workshops for children, adults and teachers, as well as leading bird and nature walks for over 30 years. She also volunteers for the Houston Audubon Society leading the Willow Waterhole Bird Survey and the Native Plant Society of Houston working with their Native Landscaping for Birds classes.