The Outdoor Nature Club plans for the coming season at the planning meeting held in June each year. If there are programs or field trips you would like to see included, tell any officer or better yet, plan to attend the next planning meeting June 12, 2008.
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6 OG meeting: Shorebird Migration on the Upper Texas Coast by Cin-Ty Lee
18 OG field trip: Bolivar peninsula with Torn Kihn
September
10 OG meeting: The State of Texas Parks by George Bristol
11 Botany meeting: Colorful Views of Coastal Prairie Vegetation
by Carolyn Fannon
13 ONC meeting: Flooded Rainforests of the Amazon by Charlie and Wanda Smith
13-16 OG Quarterly field trip: Hummer/Bird Celebration Rockport, Texas
22 OG field trip: Smith Point Hawk Watch with John Arvin
22-23 LTNS visitors weekend: highway trash pickup
29 OG Beginning Birder: Cullinan Park with Adam Wood
30 Botany field trip (w/NPSOT): Burroughs Harris County Park with Dr. Larry Brown
October
1 OG meeting: Birding in the Amazon Rain Forests by George Regmund
9 Botany meeting: Flora of the Texas Coastal Bend by Dr. Larry Brown
11 ONC board meeting:
13 OG Beginning Birder: Galveston Island with Adam Wood
14 Botany field trip (w/NPSOT): Lance Rosier Unit of Big Thicket with Dr. Larry Brown
20 OG field trip: Kleb Woods with Fred Collins
27-28 LTNS visitors weekend: Hallowe'en
28 Botany field trip (w/NPSOT): West 11th Street Park in Houston with Dr. Larry Brown
November
5 OG meeting: Citizen Science by Fred Collins
8 ONC meeting: Houston City Parks by Joe Turner, Director
13 Botany meeting: Butterflies of the Rio Grande Valley by Wanda Smith
17 OG field trip: Brazos Bend SP with Bill Godley
17-18 LTNS visitors weekend: work weekend
30-Dec 3 ONC field trip: Butterflies and Birds of the Rio Grande Valley with Derek Muschalek
December
3 OG meeting: Bird Paintings in Great Texa Birds Book by
Dr. John P. O'Neill
11 Botany meeting: Wildflowers of ONC's Field Trip to Dewitt County by Calvin Blakley
13 ONC board meeting:
15 Houston Christmas Bird Count
January
5 Botany: Twelfth night party at the Blakley's
10 ONC meeting: Big Thicket National Preserve by Joe Liggio
14 OG meeting: Bird Banding by Robert & Kay Lookingbill
19 LTNS visitors day: highway trash pickup
19 OG field trip: Chappell Hill and Washingto County with Darrel Volbert
24-27 OG Quarterly field trip: Calhoun County
February
4 OG meeting: tbd
12 Botany meeting: Lichens of the Houston Area by Paul Roling
14 ONC board meeting:
16-17 LTNS visitors weekend: highway trash pickup
16 OG field trip: Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge with USFWS guide
29-Mar 2 ONC field trip: Rockport to see Whooping Cranes
March
3 OG meeting: Chimney Swifts by Paul and Georgean Kyle
11 Botany meeting: Grasses of the Spring by Flo Hannah
13 ONC meeting: Carnivorous Plants by Mike Howlett
15-16 LTNS visitors weekend:
tba OG field trip: San Bernard NWR for Yellow and Black Rails with Jennifer Wilson
April
5-6 LTNS visitors weekend: highway trash pickup
7 OG meeting: Birding by Ear by Mike Austin
8 Botany meeting: Some Local Species of Cyperaceae and Juncaceae by Dr. Larry Brown
10 ONC board meeting:
10-13 OG Quarterly field trip: Laredo, San Ygnacio, and Falcon Dam with Susan Foster and Joel Ruiz
19 OG field trip: Armand Bayou and Baytown Nature Center with George Regmund
May
3-4 ONC field trip: Matagorda Bay Nature Park and Kayaking in
the bay
5 OG meeting: Adventures During 12 Years of the Great Texas Birding Classic by Bill Baker
8 ONC meeting: Introduction to Geology by Aaron Stoley
13 Botany meeting: Texas Cacti by Bobby Crabb
17-18 LTNS visitors weekend: Spring Feast
17 OG field trip: Huntsville State Park with Rick Bello
JUNE
7 LTNS visitors day: highway trash pickup
12 ONC planning meeting: 7:00 p.m.
21 ONC field trip: LTNS to see bluebells