Summer Diversions
Since birding is winding down, here's some other ways to kill time:
- Want a really good tomato, black-eyed peas, blackberries, or some patty pan squash? Go to the mini Farmer's Market in front of Celebrations Restaurant (4503 West Lovers Lane). Check out the other locally made products including honey, free-range eggs, candles and soap, fair trade coffee roasted in Oak Cliff, etc., Every Saturday from 8 am to noon.
- Don't know how long it will stay there, but there's an interesting display at Half Price Bookstore on Northwest Highway where you can see the following skins (stuffed birds): Snowy Plover, Merlin, Barn Owl, and a Great Blue Heron, and some lovely corals, shells, and a sea fan.
But don't give up on birding completely. We have a few field trips in the summer (click here), and the rookery at Texas SW Medical Center is going strong (just a little down from Sonny Bryant's on Inwood Road--go south on Inwood and turn left on Campus). Saw lots of Great Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Black-Crowned Night-Herons, White Ibis, and Anhingas--not to mention Western Kingbirds. Weekends are best because parking is at a premium during the week.
WARNING: The John Bunker Sands Wetlands Center is not scheduled to open to the public until this fall. Until then, you must be on a scheduled tour to enter the grounds. If people continue to attempt to go out on their own, all tours may be cancelled. Audubon Dallas has two more tours on July 5th and August 2nd. Click here for more details and sign up for the tour if you can't wait until fall.
The mission of Audubon Dallas is the conservation of birds and other wildlife, the protection of habitat and bio diversity, and the provision of education and opportunities for our entire community to observe and appreciate birds and nature.
Audubon Dallas was incorporated in 1973 as a chapter of the National Audubon Society. Today, Audubon Dallas consists of approximately 1,500 members with a focus on birds and wildlife. One of our primary goals is to raise funds in order to expand our current programs, field trips and volunteer efforts in order to reach more children and family groups. We hope these family programs will foster discussions in the home, and make every family aware of the important role it plays in the local environmental community. We teach about our local flora and fauna including the importance of the preservation of local ecosystems through conservation. We publish a bi-monthly newsletter and keep records of the birds of Dallas County. |
