Audubon Outdoor Club
Monthly Newsletter
May 2023
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Lark Sparrows are present in our neck of the woods all year long. They have a pleasant, musical song, and they sing a lot. Usually gregarious, you'll see them foraging on the ground and in the trees. As they fly, look for a rounded tail with white outer feathers, and of course the harlequin face mask! The female builds the nest and incubates the eggs, and both parents feed the young. Photo courtesy of Mary King.
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The New York Times, in partnership with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and eBird, has launched a citizen science project to gather information about birds in areas that are not usually frequented as birding sites, like the parking lot at HEB, to fill in data gaps and shed light on biodiversity not just in hot spots, but in other nooks and crannies all over the country.
Your editor signed up, and now when I am at a stoplight and see a flock of pigeons, or getting gas and a pair of Bronzed Cowbirds are flirting in the grass, I submit the info to eBird, adding #NYT in the Comments section.
Per the programmer, "It’s important work. Nearly half of all bird species worldwide are known or suspected to be in decline, and climate change could accelerate this trend. By gathering data like this, participants will help inform decisions about the conservation and study of birds and join a community of thousands taking part in this initiative." The project will run from now to September and you can read more about the project and sign up to take part here.
With bird numbers declining as precipitously as they are, birders in particular should make an effort to help create a better understanding of what's happening with the critters we love so dearly.
Let's go birding - and report it to #NYT!
AOC Newsletter Editor
Judy Kestner
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Meetings of the Audubon Outdoor Club of
Corpus Christi
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Our  m eetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, September through June.
In September and June we gather for a picnic. In the other months we conduct hybrid meetings on Zoom and in person at the South Texas Botanical Gardens, 8545 S. Staples, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. for stimulating and informative talks. Remember that the gardens are a wonderful place to visit and bird any time. More about the Botanical Gardens can be found at their website.
June 13
Potluck Picnic, 6:00 pm - Hawkwatch Platform, Hazel Bazemore Park: Our last get-together of the birding year is also a field trip. We will enjoy birding from the platform and then conduct a brief business meeting after dinner. Bring your own table, chair, drinks, plates, dinnerware, and a dish to share. Bug spray might be a good idea!
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Six members shared their bird photos at our May 9 general meeting, beginning with Will Bray who presented pictures that he called "good enough for ID," though they were a tad bit better than that! Shirley Morgan's photos were of local and Hawaiian birds. Michelle Alvarez followed with photos taken "when I was a kid in 2013" at a photo camp in Woodsboro.
Next, Liam Wolff shared photos with interesting lighting effects, and pictures from his first international trip to Mexico. Michael Orgill and Aubany Moon gave some info about their research at the Held-Moran Sanctuary, and showed pictures taken by fixed game cameras there, including birds and other wildlife.
This is always an entertaining meeting - thank you to our photographers!
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I guess our June newsletter brings the official start of summer and the unofficial end of spring migration birding. I hope many of you found interesting migrants during April and May, and that some of you even added to your life list. I was able to get a good look at the Parasitic Jaeger (photo below) at the Port A Jetty which was a life bird for me.
Now is the time for our summer resident birds to raise the next generation. I noticed a fledgling Mourning Dove in my driveway this week. So, brush up on your juvenile plumages.
The onset of summer also marks the last of our regularly scheduled meetings until early next fall. I hope to see you all at our annual Potluck Picnic at Hazel Bazemore HawkWatch Platform on Tuesday June 13 at 6:00 PM. We won’t have a Zoom component so I hope to see all of you in person.
Happy Birding from your President,
Steve Cook
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Club Notes and Meeting Minutes of The Audubon Outdoor Club
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CLUB NOTES:
* Our June picnic is always a delicious way to end the birding year. We have some excellent cooks and bakers in our group! The date is June 13, the time is 6:00 p.m., and the place is the HawkWatch platform at Hazel Bazemore County Park. We will eat our lavish repast, then have a brief business meeting. And of course there will be birding throughout! Bring a chair, plates and utensils, drink, and a dish to pass. (It can be as simple as a big bowl of grapes or a bag of chips with dip.) See you then!
* Below you will find a link to the corrected May general meeting minutes. Feel free to bring up any additional corrections at the June picnic.
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Please welcome our newest AOC member:
Michael Orgill
orgillmichael@gmail.com
CORRECTIONS:
Dr. Juan Bahamon
24345 Wilderness Oaks, Apt. 5310
San Antonio, TX 78258
Jim Sullivan
101 N. Upper Broadway, Apt. 1912
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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A Successful Trip to the King Ranch Norias Division
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Steve Cook gave this report on the field trip to the King Ranch:
On Saturday, May 20, 2023, a group of nine people was hosted by Tom Langschied at the King Ranch's Norias Division for the club’s last official spring field trip. The day dawned with overcast skies and only a hint of breeze. We loaded up in two vans from the King Ranch visitors center in Kingsville and headed about an hour south to the Norias Division.
We were fortunate to find 63 to 65 species, depending on whose list you consider. Though not a century day, we didn’t go with the intention of finding hundreds of species. 
We went to the Norias Division for the uncommon and/or rare birds that can be found there and were not disappointed. We were treated to great looks at Tropical Parula (photo, right), Tropical Kingbird, Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, and Botteri’s Sparrow. The latter was a life bird for me!
Yes, we did find the Ferruginous Pygmy Owls. We waited in the old growth Coastal Live Oak Forest staring around at the branches near an old Golden-fronted Woodpecker hole  that we were told was the nest site. After what seemed like an eternity (but probably only 15 minutes) our eagle-eyed member Bibi Dalyrmple spotted the male owl returning with a large lizard to give to the female. They exchanged the food in the nest hole and shortly after the female poked her head out of the hole and posed for a few photos before flying out to stretch her wings.
Lunch was an enjoyable fried chicken meal at the old cowboy camp and we were treated to fleeting glimpses of an Audubon’s Oriole in that location. Before we headed home, we stopped by a large wetland lake where a Flamingo was spotted some years ago. No , we didn’t see one, but I couldn't help thinking that they should put one of those tacky plastic flamingos, that people used to use as yard art, out there just for fun.
Finally, we got good looks at Greater Roadrunners and Groove-billed Anis on the drive out.
The sky clouded up and it rained hard just as we were exiting the gate. After a safe trip back to Kingsville we all departed for home.
Thanks again to Tom Langschied and his staff for a great day.
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Bee careful out there!
On May 24, our Blucher Park Steward, Bibi Dalrymple, sent an email to the AOC Board of Directors about an issue with our tool shed that sits on the property of the Pena Law Firm, which is the former Nature Conservancy house across the street from the park:
"Yesterday, Anna Thomas, the legal assistant at the Pena Law Firm, informed me that their lawn service guy was stung by bees that seemed to be nesting in or under our shed. She said they had called an exterminator and I suggested she contact someone from the Coastal Bend Beekeepers Association.
This morning Rey Pena, the attorney, called me and said a beekeeper came out yesterday for a quick assessment and will return today better prepared. Rey says he is okay with us keeping the shed on his property as long as the bee hive can be removed and steps are taken to ensure they will not return. Apparently, the lawn guy went to the hospital to be treated for the bee stings."
Bibi wondered if we should offer to pay for the removal of the bees, but Past President Karen Smith replied that she had advised the firm several years ago about the hive. Since nothing had been done about it, we were off the hook as far as liability for bee removal, and in the end the law firm was able to handle the situation by hiring an exterminator to poison the queen, allowing the remaining insects to eventually disperse.
Thankfully the yard man's injuries were taken care of with Benadryl at a local emergency clinic and the story ends happily, except for the death of the queen. Vive la reine!
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Scholarship Donation Memorial
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From Judith Reader
Our donation to the AOC Scholarship Fund is to honor our recently deceased son-in-law, Michael Scharl, husband of my daughter Audrey Reader of Amberg, Bavaria.
Michael and Audrey have been longtime members of AOC and with each visit to America, my husband, Larry Jordan, would take him to various parks, birding and nature areas and he had many questions about the sanctuaries, conservation efforts, laws – he was always interested in learning!
Although a Siemens employee for many years, Michael’s love and passion was for the protection and restoration of the environment – ponds, creeks, rivers, forests, grasslands and farmlands. He spent decades on many successful projects and enjoyed showing others the projects and explaining in detail what went into bringing about the success. Being a friendly, outgoing person was a large part of being able to work well with many different people with their own points of view. Michael never met a stranger nor forgot a friend.
His focus could be on ensuring the survival of the smallest frog in a little pond or on the importance of passing a law to preserve endangered species, but it was always with the same energy and enthusiasm.
Michael wanted to make his world better for future generations – and he did!
(Ed. note: We have since also received a nice donation to the scholarship fund from the family of late AOC member Kristi Thulin.)
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Birding has Changed my Life
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From the New York Times
May 26, 2023
Christian Cooper is the author of the forthcoming book “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World,” from which this essay is adapted.
Early in the morning of May 25, 2020, I biked from my apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to Central Park to go birding in the Ramble. Despite the uncertainties of the time — New Yorkers were living in a hot spot of the raging Covid pandemic, with no vaccine in sight — I strove to start this warm, sunlit Memorial Day on a happy note by wandering my favorite urban woodlands in search of migrating songbirds.
I was focused on the end-of-season hunt for a mourning warbler, a small yellow and gray skulking bird that’s difficult to spot and relatively rare. I hadn’t yet seen one that year.
Read the entire article.
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Update on the Nesting Waterbirds on the Texas Coast
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By Liam Wolff
Let me introduce you to an eclectic cast of characters in the island neighborhood.
Situated close to the highway on the sandy beaches, we have the big friendly family of Black Skimmers, who keep close together, incubating eggs on their shallow scrapes, with heavy heads resting on their crystal white lawn. Reserved though they may be, they get along famously with their loud and dysfunctional neighbors, the terns, who are constantly dashing to and fro, returning from “work” with vittles and arguing over whose children really deserve the catch of the day.
Up on shady Weedy Street live the rambunctious Laughing Gulls, their guffaws and chuckles making the neighborhood sound more like a sitcom audience or family reunion than a bird island. And down on Mangrove Avenue are the ostentatious and flirty Snowy Egrets with golden socks, who strut about and flex their plumes like contestants on Ru Paul. Yet despite all the frou-frou, they emit a sound that is shockingly similar to someone gurgling mouthwash. Their neighbors are the Reddish Egrets, whose xeriscape lawn looks about as spiky as their chicks’ hairdo. Next door are the standard American families, the Tricolored Herons, Roseate Spoonbills, and Great Egrets, who are too busy raising their average of 1.94 children to worry about the neighbors.
Across the street are dashing parents with the neat house, the Neotropic Cormorants, who despite appearing Tuxedo-clad and classy and having a tidy nest to boot, have offspring that look like they are straight from a painting of Dante’s Inferno (seriously). Then we have the empty-nesters, the Great Blue Herons, who have mostly sent their kids off to Fishing University by now, although a few lazy loafers remain.
Finally, we have the loiterers, the Brown Pelicans, who are mostly hanging about, squatting by the highway, or sitting in a bush, and (for the most part) definitively not raising a family. Why they aren’t breeding at this late date we don’t know, but a recent movement of fresh fast food (ladyfish, mullet, and threadfin shad) to the area could change them into diligent parents.
Oh, and one more visitor to the neighborhood - the night fury. Anyone who has seen the Dreamworks film, How to Train Your Dragon, is familiar with the protagonist’s dragon, a sleek, dark, and rare creature called the Night Fury. In this neighborhood, the Night Fury takes the form of the Sooty Tern - rarely seen, but dark and handsome and awe-inspiring.
This neighborhood seems happy and thriving, even if a bit quixotic, but this isn’t a constant state. Disturbance can be looming on every corner in the form of freighter wakes or fishermen on the island or even well-meaning scientists combing the island to count nests. The neighborhood spooks, with thousands of Tricoloreds, Great Blues, and Snowy Egrets taking to the sky in a manic frenzy like a cloud of angry flies. Black Skimmers leave their crystal white lawn and never return. Laughing Gulls hop up off their humble abode of intertwined twigs, exposing their eggs to the sun for longer than they should. Even a small disturbance can cause birds to abandon their nests during incubation. After all, these birds nest on secluded islands to avoid these disturbances.
We need to be cautious with our actions around nesting birds. We need to be respectful of their sanctuary. This means more signs on more islands to inform the fishermen that are none the wiser, and less intrusive survey methods where scientists and volunteers are not trampling down the streets and avenues where the birds have built their homes. This is their neighborhood and we need to give them the space and peace that they want to raise their young without trouble, just as we would want.
Rookery ruckus
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From Larry Jordan
Thanks to Jeff Timmons, Cindy Frank, Shirley Morgan, Will Bray, Steve Cook, Bibi Dalrymple and Judith Reader we had a very successful work day at Packery. We got lots of cattails cut, trees trimmed along the boardwalk and weeding done around the signs. All the cuttings got put out by the curb for the brush pickup next week. Now we just need for the water in the pond to go down some so that we can cut the rest of the cattails!
Shirley Morgan disposing of vegetation at our Packery Oak Motte Sanctuary
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Are Bird Nesting Too Close for Comfort?
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Your editor recently received an email from someone who found a wren's nest on top of her truck tire while she was camping. She had removed the few pieces of material that had been placed there, only to find another pile within just a few minutes. With the help of the park ranger, she was able to resolve the situation. The article below, from the National Audubon Society, will tell you what YOU should do in a case like that.
So you’ve found a surprise nest near your home. What should you do about it?
Birds build their nests almost anywhere that’s conveniently located and safe from predators. But perhaps a Carolina Wren saw your air-conditioning unit and thought, “That looks like the perfect place to start a family.”
Whether you’re excited about your new bird neighbors or skeptical about their nesting choices, here’s what to do if you find birds raising young a little too close to home. |
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Mary is getting back into walking -- but not too much -- as she undergoes therapy for a knee injury.
May 8, 2023 - 10 minute stroll. Temp. 77 degrees, sunny, humidity 90%, 7:45-8:00 a.m.. Strolled at leisurely pace in my neighborhood and heard about 10 Great-tailed Grackles, an equal number of Laughing Gulls flying overhead, and a flock of about 10 House Sparrows attending to a neighbor's backyard shrubs. A small group of Barn Swallows was flying and swirling, looking about for the perfect landing ledge on someone's home for a nest site.
No mosquitoes at this time of day. The last few days Corpus Christi has had haze in the air from the burning of the agricultural fields in Mexico.
May 18 - 5:30-6:30 p.m. Temperature 80 degrees, humidity was 90 percent, partly cloudy skies. A leisurely stroll in neighborhood observing the locally nesting birds. Along drainage ditch 29 was a pair of Black-necked Stilts which I observed flying up with their distress calls, evidence of having a nest along the sandy water's edge. They usually have a nest of 2 or 4 eggs in a cup of sandy soil. and have nested here every year as I remember for the last nine years that I have lived near the ditch.
Also observed and heard three different pairs of Barn Swallows nesting at three different houses. Their nesting has been occurring for the last eight to nine years in this area of this neighborhood. Laughing Gulls flying overhead had on their breeding plumage which includes a black head. It is very evident when they fly and dip low spotting for trash with scraps of food items in it.
Heard four pairs of White-winged Doves cooing loudly while sitting on their nests to keep their eggs warm for hatching. A young Northern Mockingbird was cheeping asking for supper from its mother. At this point they are beginning to learn to fly with both parents.
Observed about 20 Great-tailed Grackles feeding on newly mown lawns and just lumbering about together, as they are gregarious birds.
In late April along drainage ditch 29 I had heard a pair of Marsh Wrens' bubbly singing, so I feel there is a pair nesting there in the reeds of the marshy area.
Camphor daisy was blooming, as was some brown eyed daisy, and small white daisy species. In the neighborhood Buddleia and Purple Salvia - which is a mint species - are blooming, and a 15-foot Magnolia Tree has about 10 flowers among its large waxy leaves. My salvia is blooming with American Honeybees sharing the flowers and pollinating them like all get out.
All lawns are very green with plenty of rain during April and part of May - about seven inches altogether.
May 27, 9:00 a.m., 80 degrees, sunny clear blue skies, humidity about 50%. Strolled about 20 minutes along the water by drainage ditch 29 and around my Monte Verde subdivision. Some of my streets are bird names: Cardinalis, Chachalaca, Pajaro, Aquila, Halcon, and Pavo Real. Observed a pretty, matched couple of Mottled Ducks swimming politely in the smooth water. They usually nest here every year.
About six Barn Swallows were flying over the water using their bills to scoop mud along the shore of the water to build more nests. The White-winged Doves are still cooing on their nests and i heard about six Laughing Gulls, then looked up to see them as they flew over the neighborhood enjoying the warm weather.
The Mexican Olive Tree is blooming with beautiful white flowers with centers of yellow. The fruit is only edible to birds. One Monarch butterfly was nectaring on my Purple Salvia and a Red Admiral came up to the salvia too. Both fluttered calmly about my blooming reddish orange Firecracker bushes to nectar on them.
Good day and happy birding and walking.
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June Beach Birding in the Coastal Bend
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By Mel Cooksey
When migration winds down in late May and early June, birding activity drops considerably. Much of our attention shifts to breeding birds. Beach birding during the month of June provides a great potential for rarities and noteworthy sighting. Tropical weather movements in the Gulf during June can be volatile. Seagoing and migrating birds are sometimes displaced great distances from tropical storms, even if there is limited local effect. Even a few local thunderstorms can drive sea-going birds to the beach for a rest. If driving conditions are favorable, inspecting the Coastal Bend beaches during June can be enlightening.
Attention is typically toward the gull and tern flocks. We will see our resident Royal, Caspian, Forster’s, Sandwich and Gull-billed Terns, along with summering Black and Least Terns. Common Terns are present in decreasing numbers throughout June. Laughing Gull flocks will contain a few summering Herring Gulls, usually bleached first-summer birds, and the occasional Ring-billed Gull. Lesser Black-backed Gulls are rare here in June, but we find one now and then.
I like to scan these flocks for something that doesn’t belong. A noddy or Sooty Tern, perhaps. Or something even more unexpected. These don’t occur every day, and we just don’t know which day to book. Rarities are just that: rare. But, the month of June likely has more potential for beached or surf-feeding Gulf rarities than any other month. Consider these:
Read the entire article here. You will want to know what to look for as you bask in the sun.
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The Audubon Outdoor Club doesn't have a secret handshake, but we do have a way of identifying ourselves as members: the AOC name tag. Here is the information, and an example of how it will look. Order yours today!
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Nearby Festivals and Other Events
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Be sure to check for cancellations and closures. Remember to abide by CDC, local, and state COVID health procedures. Maintain distance where possible, sanitize/wash hands, and wear a mask if required or desired.
Not much is happening in Texas until the hummingbirds begin their return in the fall. If you have information on a birding event in Texas in the next few months, just let us know!
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Birding classes? Gardening seminars? Kids' programs? Check out the many opportunities to expand your understanding of our outdoor world. Be sure to check for cancellations and closures. Masks are no longer required.
* Welder Wildlife Refuge offers free public tours on most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am – 11am and 3pm – 5pm. Check their calendar to ensure they will host a tour on the day you choose.
* The Port Aransas Nature Preserve offers outdoor activities for everyone. Click HERE for info. Additionally they offer the following on-going events:
Nature Preserve Yoga. Tuesdays at 12:30 pm at the Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture Pavilion
Birding on the Boardwalk. Wednesdays at 9 am at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
Nature Walk. Saturdays at 8 am at the Community Park. The walk is approx. 2.5 miles in 2 hours.
Every Thursday 9am, Volunteer work days: Location changes week to week. Email Rae if you are interested in being added to the weekly email list, contact: rmooney@cityofportaransas.org.
Be sure to visit Facebook @portaparksnrec and @PortANaturePreserve to learn more and join in on all the digital fun!
* Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve hosts free nature walks on Tuesdays, and other family-friendly events. Check to see other offerings here.
* If you have a green thumb, get involved with the Blucher Bunch. They meet at Blucher Park on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. to clean up and help maintain the plants and paths there. Bring work gloves, bug spray, water and a sack supper, and gardening implements for trimming shrubs and trees. Contact Bibi Dalrymple for information: 361-548-6371 or bibidalrymple@gmail.com.
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Lost or Injured Wild Animals?
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Following are available local resources:
* If you see a stranded or nesting sea turtle call the Turtle Hotline: 1-866-TURTLE5.
*Second Chances Wildlife Rehabilitation Program at the TX State Aquarium, 881-1219 (water birds and some raptors only, no land birds)
*Texas Sealife Center, 14220 SPID, next to Packery Channel Park (all kinds of animals, but focus is rescue/return of turtles, shorebirds and raptors).
*Cage birds/Parrot Rescue: email Paula Scott at cbcbirdclub@gmail.com, Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club and Rescue Mission.
*To contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in your area, visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife's rehabilitators, by county, at their website, or call TPWD Wildlife at 1-800-792-1112.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Check out our website and share it with others! You'll find photos, maps and full descriptions of our sanctuaries. There is a place to make donations and to renew your registration, or join for the first time. Our new webmaster is Liam Wolff. He can be contacted at liamgwolff@gmail.com, or 706-607-0229.
Please "like" our Facebook page where you can stay in touch with other members and view local events and field trips. If you have suggestions or items to include there, please contact Holly Schuh at hollyaschuh@gmail.com.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT
In pursuing the interests of local and migratory wildlife along the Coastal Bend, the Audubon Outdoor Club contributes both volunteer services and monetary donations to allied organizations operating in Corpus Christi and South Texas that share our goals. These organizations either emphasize the intrinsic value of natural habitat and the moral imperative for humans to nurture all organisms in our environment, or they take agency on behalf of natural resources that cannot lobby for themselves. Additionally, all organizations empowered by the Audubon Outdoor Club operate in or advocate for the ecology of the Coastal Bend and the city of Corpus Christi.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Your AOC is steward to significant nature preserves including the Held-Moran Nature Preserve in Flour Bluff, and the Packery Channel Oak Motte Sanctuary on Padre Island. Many thanks to those who support these projects.
We always need volunteers to help maintain and nurture these special places. Think of your time spent helping us as a labor of love. Please consider helping out on Mondays at Blucher Park (see Other Opportunities above). Your help will ensure that this important migrant stop-over remains available to birds for food, water and shelter. Volunteers help collect trash and clear vegetation. Bring your gloves, favorite garden tools, water and bug spray.
Contact our Sanctuaries Chairman Larry Jordan to get ideas on how you can help at our sanctuaries, or for other ways you can contribute your time and labor.
MEMBERSHIP IN THE AOC
To join or renew your membership, visit the membership section on our website. Select your membership plan, and then provide the required information. You can also make donations on the site. Hold on to your password in case you’d like to make changes in the future.
If you need help joining or renewing your membership, contact Judith Reader, our Membership Chair, at 361-443-6799 or jareader@gmail.com
Online dues payment will be good for a year from the date of payment.
Student $10.00
Individual/Family $25.00
Contributing $60.00
Sustaining $100.00
Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
P O BOX 3352
Corpus Christi, TX 78463
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Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi, P O BOX 3352, Corpus Christi, TX 78463
www.audubonoutdoorclub.com
aoccctx@gmail.com
Our newsletter is designed to keep members current with club events, meetings and field trips. We strive to present entertaining articles, items of ornithological interest, and information on how we can be good citizen scientists, supporting our mission and making the world better for avian life in general.
Please share your stories, photos and event information, or let us know of any corrections, by calling 361-701-1962, or sending an email to jkestner@stx.rr.com.
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Roster of Audubon Outdoor Club Officers 2022-2023
President
Steve Cook 660-909-7999 cook.od@hotmail.com
Vice President/Programs
Liam Wolff 706-607-0229 liamgwolff@gmail.com
Treasurer
Theresa Guerra 361-549-5494 tdwar@yahoo.com
Recording Secretary
Judy Kestner 361-701-1962 jkestner@stx.rr.com
Corresponding Secretary
Adrienne Kerr 361-767-0439 akerr1718@yahoo.com
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AOC COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Conservation
Sanctuaries Larry Jordan 361-443-0744 lawrencemjordan@hotmail.com
Stewardship
Blucher Park Bibi Dalrymple 361-548-6371 bibidalrymple@gmail.com
Pollywog Pond Dane Ferrell 830-481-6393 daneferrell@hotmail.com
Outreach/Education Liam Wolff 706-607-0229 liamgwolff@gmail.com
Hospitality Sharron Hines 361-225-0012
Membership Judith Reader 361-443-6799 jareader@gmail.com
Newsletter Judy Kestner 361-387-7329 jkestner@stx.rr.com
Programs
Field Trips Liam Wolff 706-607-0229 liamgwolff@gmail.com
Public Relations Adrienne Kerr 361-767-0439 akerr1718@yahoo.com
Sales Pat Botkin 361-387-1390 botkinpat@gmail.com
Scholarships Michelle Alvarez 361-215-5843 michellealvarez96@gmail.com
Social Media
Facebook Holly Schuh hollyschuh@gmail.com
Website Liam Wolff 706-607-0229 liamgwolff@gmail.com
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The New Yorker magazine Aug. 8, 2022
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