Registration required one week in advance (by April 16, 2024). 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 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.
Packery Channel: Field Trip Group will meet in the parking area near the entrance and board walk (14218 South Padre Island Drive (SPID) - when driving to the Packery Channel County Park from Corpus Christi, stay on SPID over the JFK Memorial Causeway Bridge. SPID becomes Park Road 22 once you are on North Padre Island. After you pass the light at Aquarius (Starbucks), continue for approximately .3 miles and turn LEFT. (The Texas Sealife Center is located at this turn.) Watch for the Packery Channel parking area and boardwalk in front of the Oak Motte on your LEFT.
Bathroom Availability at Packery Channel: There is a County Restroom located at the Packery Channel park. There will also be a bathroom break at the Whataburger, North Padre Island.
Trip Description: moderate, some walking.
Habitat: At Rose Hill Cemetery, the habitat is over 30 acres of hardwood trees. At Packery Channel, the habitat is coastal.
Birds of Interest:
Rosehill Cemetery: warblers, Empidonax and Myiarchus flycatchers, both cuckoo species, three tanager species, nightjars, and hawks.
Packery Channel: Neotropical migrants, vireos, thrushes, wood warblers, tanagers, and finches.
The trip objective is to see varieties of migrating birds, most especially birds like shorebirds, Neotropical vireos, thrushes, wood warblers and Tanagers.
Equipment: beginners, please have a field guide, binoculars or scopes if it is desirable.
Download seasonal Coastal Bend checklists from Coastal Bend Audubon Society's webpage.
Birds of special interest: 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 on line.