Title | The Spoonbill, Vol. 47, No. 6 - 7, June - July 1998 |
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Publisher | Outdoor Nature Club |
Date | June 1998 - July 1998 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | ID 2007-023, Box 12, Folder 23 |
ArchivesSpace URI | /repositories/2/archival_objects/9883 |
Original Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Records |
Digital Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Newsletters |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2007_023 |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections/ |
Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
File Name | index.cpd |
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Transcript | i Publication of the Outdoor Nature i Ornithology Group 4r Volume 47, No. 6sc7 ]une/july 1998 "Spoonbill OG Activities for August MliimiNG PROGRAM "Birding Bulgaria & Turkey" presented by Rob Thacker Officer elections will be held at this meeting. The next OG meeting is to be held Monday, August 3, at the Baylands Community Center, 6400 Bissonett (just west of Hillcroft) at 7 PM. QH33HB1 "Bird Finding Guides (With A Grain of Salt)" Join Exalted OG Chair Bob Ohmart at 6:30 PM August 3 before the meeting. Mid-week Wednesday, August 12 Bolivar Flats' Shorebirds led by Winnie Burkett Meet at the car barrier to Bolivar Flats at 6 PM. THIS IS AN EVENING FIELD TRIP. Contact Sonny Fisher at (281) 346-2354. Weekend Saturday, August 8 Bolivar: Flats & Peninsula led by David Sarkozi Meet at the car barrier to Bolivar Flats at 8 AM. Contact David Sarkozi at (713) 520-5906. Hawkeyes Wanted by Heather Bacher, GCBO It's time for the 8th Annual Smith Point Fall Hawk Watch. As you know, the Smith Point Hawk Watch is the only organized hawk watch on the Upper Texas Coast. Smith Point is an extremely good place to watch south bound raptors because geography and wind direction work together to funnel birds down the point and over the hawk watch site. On days with north winds, observers may be treated to the spectacle of thousands of Broad-winged Hawks and hundreds of accipiters streaming over the hawk watch tower. Twenty species of raptors have been seen including Swallow-tailed Kites, Peregrine Falcons, and occasionally even a Bald Eagle! Smith Point is also a great place to see migrating songbirds. Nearby oak mottes provide food and shelter for warblers, orioles, gnatcatchers and buntings also heading south for winter. Large numbers of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, swallows and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers also pass over the point on their way south. To date, 153 species of birds have been identified at Candy Abshier by official hawk counters. The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, working with HawkWatch International, is now preparing to publish the results of last year's watch. Anyone interested may continued on last page In this edition Hawking Hawk Watch '98 1 OG News, Announcements & Notes 2 Crossword Puzzle 3 Clearing House 4 |