Speaker: Damien Carey
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Time: Social at 7:00 PM, Program at 7:30 PM
Place: United Way Center, 50 Waugh

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With the coming of spring, the songs of neotropic nesters begin to fill the air in East Texas woods of longleaf pine, pitcher plant and sundew, prompting birders to fill the roads in pursuit of East Texas specialties. Damien will cover the habits, sounds, and habitats of many neotropic breeding birds and highlight the specialty species of East Texas such as Chuck-will's-widow, Acadian Flycatcher, Prairie Warbler, Swainson's Warbler, and Bachman's Sparrow. His geographic focus will be the breeding grounds of these species, covering an area from Boykin Springs south to Village Creek.

Damien Carey, a resident of Kingwood, is the founder of the Lake Houston Area Nature Club and has compiled the Lake Houston CBC for many years. He has contributed to many UTC conservation efforts including baseline bird surveys for Legacy Land Trust, Project Prairie Birds and the Texas Coastal Water Bird Census. For the past three years, he has served as president and a director of the Friends of Sheldon Lake State Park, which he also founded. Damien will also be our leader on the May HAS Field Trip to the Big Thicket.

Immediately preceding the program will be the Houston Audubon Board Election. Our next membership meeting will be in September.