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 14, 2012.

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(tba= to be announced)

August

1 OG meeting: Nature Photography by Mark Bartosik

11 ONC board meeting 7 pm

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September

12 OG meeting: Birding in Idaho by Steve Gross (note date change)

13 Botany meeting: Identifying Asteraceae by Dr. Larry Brown

17-18 LTNS visitors weekend: highway trash pickup; Dally Days - Lepidoptera Study

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October

4 OG meeting: Gardening for Birds by Glenn Olson

9 OG Beginning Birder field trip: II Kleb Woods with Adam Wood and Fred Collins

11 Botany meeting: tba

13 ONC board meeting: 7 pm

22-23 LTNS visitors weekend: Hallowe'en; Dally Days - Fun with bugs and spiders

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November

7 OG meeting: Hawks of Texas by Gary Clark

8 Botany meeting: Moths by Connie Blakley

19 OG field trip: San Jacinto Monument, Sheldon Lake, and El Franco Lee (leader tbd)

19-20 LTNS visitors weekend: work weekend; Dally Days - Nature Photography

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December

5 OG meeting: Houston Audubon Birds by Mary Ann Webber

13 Botany meeting: Prairies and Wetlands by Andy Sipocz, TPW

17 Houston Christmas Bird Count

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January


7 Botany: Twelfth night party

9 OG meeting: Colonial Nesting Birds in the Galveston Area by Winnie Burkett NOTE date change

21-22 LTNS visitors day: highway trash pickup; Dally Days - Winter Tree Identification

21 OG field trip: Brazoa Bend State Park & Davis Estates with Bill Godley

26-29 OG Quarterly OG field trip: NE Texas (Haggerman NWR, Lake Tawakoni, & White Rock Lake (leader tbd)

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February

6 OG meeting: Birds of the Neches River Area presented by Gina Donovan

9 ONC board meeting: 7 pm

14 Botany meeting: The San Jacinto Mystery: Historic Native Plants, Coyotes and Battle Artifacts by Janet Wagner

25 OG Field trip: Lake Livingston and Hunstville State Parks (leader Rick Bello) note: postponement from the 18th

25-26 LTNS visitors weekend; Dally Days - Mushrooms and Astronomy

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March

5 OG meeting: Oystercatchers by Susan Heath

10 ONC meeting: Annual Business Meeting; Member travelogue

13 Botany meeting: tba by Anita Tiller

17 OG field trip: Fermosa Tejano Wetlands and Environs (leader tbd)

24-25 LTNS visitors weekend: highway trash pickup; Dally Days - What's bloomng? Wildflower identification

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April

2 OG meeting: Spring Migration by the Tropical Birding Staff

8 Botany meeting: Costa Rican Plants by Paul Roling

12 ONC board meeting: 7 pm

21 OG field trip: Sabine Woods and Environs (leader tbd)

21-22 LTNS visitors weekend: Spring feast; bird walk; scavenger hunt

27-May 6 Quarterly OG field trip: Big Bend and Davis Mountains including Junction area (leader tbd)

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May

7 OG meeting: Patterns and Trends of Introduced Birds in Texas by Dan Brooks and Fred Collins

8 Botany meeting: Euphorbiacae by Dr. Larry Brown

10 ONC meeting: Potluck supper and social

19 OG field trip: Katy Prairie (leader tbd)

19-20 LTNS visitors weekend: Dally Days - Nature Photography

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JUNE

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

16 LTNS visitors day: highway trash pickup & bluebells

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