2007-2008
Field Trips 
FWAS Field Trips are open to all, members and nonmembers, beginners to world-class birders. We especially want to encourage and welcome new birders to join us on our local trips in the Fort Worth area. These trips are an excellent way to become familiar with the birds in our vicinity and discover the best places and seasons in which to find them. There are always people on these trips who are willing and able to answer your questions about birds. We try to help everyone see all the birds we find. We have dozens of extra binoculars for those who may need them. Contact the trip leader ahead of time to make arrangements. On the longer trips, we arrange for a local meeting place where we encourage everyone to carpool. This helps prevent vehicle overcrowding in the field, conserves gas, combines gas expenses and most importantly is a good way to get to know your fellow birders. Don’t let bad weather deter you. Often the best birding is in the worst weather. Miserable conditions certainly build camaraderie.
A Field Trip may be canceled due to severely inclement weather and the cancellation will be posted in the Field Trip section of the Forum. Please contact the Field Trip leader if you have concerns about the weather the day of the trip. Come prepared – sunscreen and insect repellant are a must. Warm weather trips may bring out mosquitoes, chiggers, etc. Also bring along food and water because lunch is always in the field. When an RSVP is requested please respond by the date listed. For additional information check out the Field Trip section of the Forum.
We would also like to encourage you to check out the Field Trips being offered by other North Texas Audubon chapters. Members of Audubon Dallas and Prairie and Timbers Audubon are always welcome to join our Field Trips and have extended that same invitation to our chapter.
Audubon Dallas Field Trips Prairie and Timbers Audubon Field Trips
11/17/07
Bob Jones Park and Walnut Grove Park (South shore of Lake Grapevine) - Southlake
Ray Chancellor
Varied habitat – lots of walking, uneven terrain
12/1/07
Birding in the Park
Foster Park, Ft. Worth
Jean Ferguson
Meet at 8:30 AM
12/8/07
Full Day Trip to Possum Kingdom State Park and Dam Arrangements made for carpooling
Doug Oxford
Mostly driving, some walking Ducks, ducks, ducks Possible loons depending on lake levels
12/15/07
Christmas Bird Count
David Powell
12/26/07
Village
Creek Drying Beds
Christmas Bird Counts
Jim Sipiora
1/05/08
Birding in the Park
Foster Park, Ft. Worth
Jean Ferguson
Meet at 8:30 AM
1/12/08
Lake Benbrook
Simone Jenion
Wintering Birds
1/26/08
Southside
Water Treatment Plant
Dallas
Bob
Stone
214-351-2940
Each participant must register
at least one week prior to trip
Space
Limited Ducks, gulls
Must register at least 1 week prior to trip for each participant Mostly
driving, scopes suggested
2/2/08
Birding in the Park
Foster Park, Ft. Worth
Jean Ferguson
Meet at 8:30 AM
2/8 -10/08
2-3 nights Rockport, TX Whooping Crane trip Arrangements made for Lodging and carpooling
Dell Little and D.D. Currie
Ride
on the Wharf Cat
TexasWhoopers.com
to view the whooping cranes
TRIP
IS FULL
2/23/08
Raptor Rave
Bob Smith
Winter resident raptors
3/1/08
Birding in the Park
Foster Park, Ft. Worth
Jean Ferguson
Meet at 8:30 AM
3/8/08
Old State Fish Hatchery Fort Worth
Phil Craighead
Wintering birds
3/15/08
Village Creek Drying Beds and River Legacy East (Forbidden Zone)
Charley Amos
Wintering birds
3/28-30/08
2
nights Lost Maples State Park
Cook's Slough, Uvalde
Rhandy
Helton
Ann Lemon
Bob Rasa
Space
limited to 20
Arrangements
made for lodging and carpooling
All welcome – FWAS Chapter Only Members will be given first priority RSVP
Mary Lee Johnson 817-909-4207 birder76051@yahoo.com by 12/31/07
4/5/08
Birding in the Park
Foster Park, Ft. Worth
Jean Ferguson
Meet at 8:30 AM
4/12/08
Sparger Park & Colleyville Nature Center Colleyville, TX
TBD
Early migrants, easy walking
4/19/08
BIRD
WATCH OPEN
Tierra
Verde Golf Course
7005 Golf Club Drive
Arlington, TX
Phil Craighead
Participate in a program to encourage golf courses across the nation to design and manage their properties for the benefit of wildlife, as well as golfing.
4/25-27/08
2 nights Caddo Lake, TX
Arrangements made for lodging and carpooling
Local Guide: Phil Militios
Space
limited to 20 All welcome –
FWAS Chapter Only Members will be given first priority
RSVP
Mary Lee Johnson 817-909-4207
birder76051@yahoo.com by 12/21/07
5/3/07
Spring Bird Count
David Powell
5/10/08
Overnight
trip to Fort Hood
Arrangements made for lodging and carpooling
Rich Koesteke
Space
limited to 20
All welcome – FWAS Chapter Only Members
will be given first priority
RSVP Mary Lee Johnson 817-909-4207
birder76051@yahoo.com 2/1/08
5/17/08
Snakard Ranch, Somervell County
RSVP to nanscape@airmail.net
Bird
Survey – To encourage habitat preservation. Some walking – uneven
terrain.
Leaders needed
5/24/08
Prairie Creek and Arapaho Parks Richardson, TX
Steve
and Linda Flatt
Spring migrants