How to make your Birding Club Successful and FUN!

How to make your Birding Club successful and FUN!

–      Plan monthly birding field trips at your nearby birding center or park.

–      Collaborate with your Audubon Society Chapter.

–      Invite a local experienced, Audubon member to talk about birds.

–      Plan weekly bird presentations about the Birds in your area as a birding club group. Members take turns presenting one bird species per week. Explaining the bird ID tips, behavior, diet, habitat, history, etc.

–      Participate in the TPWD Great Texas Birding Classic.

–      Citizen Scientist: build bird nestboxes, collect birding data on ebird, clean up parks, plant native plants at your school, educate your fellow classmates about the importance of birds and protecting their habitats.

–      Learn everything about Texas native plants/trees and the ecosystem. Plan a native plants & tree field trip to a birding center, native garden center, botanical center, etc.

–      BE AN ADVOCATE FOR BIRDS! Educate your community about birds.

2018 compiled by The Texas Blue Jay Project

Fun Things to do as a Young Texas Birder

–Explore Texas! Discover new landscapes & wildlife.

–Visit & Hike 7 Texas Regions.

–TPWD Great Texas Birding Classic Birding Competition

–Texas has 629 documented bird species. Lots of birds to find and see in Texas!

–Visit High Island during Spring Migration.

–Discover a rare bird in Texas. 

–Meet new birding friends from different parts of Texas and out of state.

–Do a County or State Big Year.

–Attend Texas Birding Festivals

–ABA Young Birder’s Summer Camps 

Compiled by The Texas Blue Jay Project

Young Birders Birding Resources

Birding Resources

–       American Birding Association/ABA Young Birders: www.aba.org./aba-young-birders/

–       National Audubon Society:  www.audubon.org

–       Texas Audubon Society: www.tx.audubon.org

–       Texas Parks and Wildlife/World Birding Centers: http://tpwd.texas.gov

–       ebird.org/ebird Young Birders Network: ebird.org/about/resources/for-young-birders

–       Cornell Lab of Ornithology/All About Birds: www.allaboutbirds.org

–       inaturalist.org: www.inaturalist.org

–       High island, Texas: https://houstonaudubon.org/sanctuaries/high-island/plan-your-visit.html

–       Great Texas Birding Classic: http://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic

2018 compiled by The Texas Blue Jay Project

February 1-2, 2019 Laredo Young Birders Birding Event

Calling All Young Birders! 

Join me on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Laredo, Texas for a Young Birders Presentation about my experiences as a Texas Young Birder. Learn how to start birdwatching, and about Laredo Birds. Also, you will learn about all the awesome opportunities there are for young birders. Birding Presentation Fee: Free; But, you need to pay for the TPWD Park Entry Fee Admission to enter. Registration Mandatory.: rgisc.org/register

Join me on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Laredo, Texas for a Young Birders Bird Hike! 1st Hike: 7:30am-9:00am; 2nd Hike: 9:30am-11:00am. Fee per Hike: $5.00 per person. Registration Mandatory: rgisc.org/register


Discover South Texas Birds!
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Updated Texas Birding Festivals

Texas Birding Festivals

–       Laredo Birding Festival-February: www.laredobirdingfestival.org

–       Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival-November: www.rgvbf.org

–       South Llano River State Park Birding Festival-April: www.facebook.com/slrspbirdingfestival/

–       Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival-February: www.whoopingcranefestival.org

–       Rockport-Fulton Hummingbird Festival-September: www.rockport-fulton.org/HB

–       Davis Mountains Hummingbird Celebration Festival-August: www.davismountainshummingbirdcelebration.com

–       Galveston FeatherFest Birding Festival-April: www.galvestonfeatherfest.com

–       Matagorda Bay BirdFest-February: www.matagordabaybirdfest.org

–      The Birdiest Festival in America-April: www.birdiestfestival.org

–      Wings over the Hills Nature Festival-April: www.wingstx.org

2019 Compiled by The Texas Blue Jay Project

Birding Etiquette

Birding Etiquette

–       Respect the birds and wildlife. Don’t get too close to the birds. Especially, when photographing birds.

–       Don’t be loud when birding.

–       Don’t play bird recordings during Spring breeding season.

–       Don’t trespass on private property.

–       Respect the rules of the park and trails.

–       Assist a fellow birder who needs help finding a bird.

–       Don’t pick up a bird/Fledgling.

–       Pick up your trash.

–       Respect the landscape. Don’t trample plants or trees to view a bird.

–      –       DON’T FEED Wildlife. ONLY feed the birds at your home using a bird feeder.

–       Sit quietly at bird blinds.

                                                

Compiled by The Texas Blue Jay Project