Field Trip Description: Rose Hill Cemetery, Tule Lake Observation Platform, and Fulton Loop Corridor.
Registration required one week in advance (by April 10, 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. NOTIFY GENE BY TEXTING HIM AT 361-558-1829 AND PROVIDING YOUR NAME(S) AND CELL PHONE NUMBER(S).
Field Trip Group Meets: At 6:45 AM at Rosehill Cemetery (3025 Upriver Road, Corpus Christi). Entrance to the Cemetery is located at the south end of Palm Street.
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.
Bathroom Availability: Field Trip Group will take a break at McDonalds, nearby at 4101 Leopard St., Corpus Christi during the Rosehill Cemetery portion of the trip.
Please do not forget water, hat, insect repellent and snacks.
Energy Requirement: moderate.
Fulton Loop Corridor: Continue North on Up River Road to the Joe Fulton Corridor (558), which will take you East along wetlands.
Tule Lake is a tidal lake located off Southern Minerals Road, Corpus Christi. (Tule Lake Physical Address 7201-7203 7201 Up River Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78409). Take Exit 6 off 1-37 and follow Southern Minerals Road (51) north toward the river. Turn left on Up River Road and proceed to the overlook.
Habitat: At Rose Hill Cemetery, the habitat is over 30 acres of hardwood trees. At Tule Lake and Fulton Loop Corridor, the habitat is wetlands.
Birds of Special Interest: Rosehill Cemetery - Neotropical migrants, such as Black-billed Cuckoo (rare), vireos, thrushes, wood warblers (especially Townsend's, Hermit, Black-throated Blue and Cape May), tanagers (especially Hepatic and Western, and finches (especially Varied and Lazuli Buntings and Black-headed Grosbeak). Shorebirds & Wading Birds in the areas of Tule Lake & Fulton Loop Corridor.
The trip objective is to see varieties of migrating birds, most especially birds like shorebirds, Neotropical vireos, thrushes, wood warblers and Tanagers.
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.