Field Trip Description: The Guadalupe River Flood Plain, Gallery Forest.
Registration required one week in advance (by February 11, 2025). Minimum for the trip is 3 participants. NOTE THAT CURRENTLY FIELD TRIPS ARE OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
NOTIFY OUR FIELD TRIP LEADER, GENE BLACKLOCK, THAT YOU PLAN TO GO ON THIS FIELD TRIP. TEXT GENE AT 361-558-1829 AND PROVIDE YOUR NAME(S) AND CELL PHONE NUMBER(S).
Field Trip Group Meets: Field Trip Group will meet Meet at 7:15 AM, in Riverside Park near entrance of the Texas Zoo (110 Memorial Dr., Victoria, TX, 77901) most immediate to the park entrance.
Optional: Lunch at the Pump House Restaurant (Excellent).
Bathroom Availability: Bathrooms will be available throughout Riverside Park and at the Pump House Restaurant.
Please do not forget water, hat, insect repellent and snacks.
Reminder: Please dress appropriately, suggest baggy cryptic clothing (never white or black, never bright colors like red), hat, insect repellent, comfortable shoes (shoes preferably with ankle support), a light rain jacket (optional), drinking water and snacks. Recommend binoculars and field guide.
Trip Description: moderate.
Lunch: We can have lunch as a group at the Pump House Restaurant (1201 Stayton Ave., Victoria, near the Zoo), on veranda that overlooks the Guadalupe River.
Equipment: Beginners, please have a field guide, binoculars or scopes if it is desirable.
Download seasonal Coastal Bend Bird checklists from Coastal Bend Audubon Society's webpage.
Birds of special interest: Wood Duck, Anhinga, Spotted Sandpiper, Red-shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle (possible), Barred Owl, Green Kingfisher, seven species of woodpeckers ( possible), Couch's Kingbird, Blue-headed and White-eyed Vireos, Blue Jay, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, American Pipit, Black-and-while and Pine Warblers, Eastern Towhee, Fox and Song Sparrows, and American and Lesser Goldfinches.
CBAS field trips are an extension of a classroom learning experience, so please bring binoculars & field guide references (books, phone apps). Questions are encouraged and are welcomed.
Field trip summary will be reported on eBird, Facebook, Twitter and CBAS online.