Activities Calendar
2007-2008

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.

August September October November December January February March April May June

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August

6 OG meeting: Shorebird Migration on the Upper Texas Coast by Cin-Ty Lee

18 OG field trip: Bolivar peninsula with Torn Kihn

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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


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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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


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JUNE

7 LTNS visitors day: highway trash pickup

12 ONC planning meeting: 7:00 p.m.

21 ONC field trip: LTNS to see bluebells

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