PLEASE NOTE: THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT. TWO WAITLIST SPOTS REMAIN.
Leaders: Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel
Dates: Friday, April 14, 2023 to Saturday, April 22, 2023
Fees: $1595 per person, double occupancy, +$500 single premium ($500 deposit upon registering, balance due by January 20)
Limited to 8 people, location is birding hot spots surrounding Winnie, Texas
Registration: Please see How to Register for an Interludes Trip to register.
Join elite birders, John Vanderpoel and Bill Kaempfer, for eight nights and seven full days of birding during spring migration on the Upper Texas Coast. We will bird all of the famous hotspots including High Island, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Sabine Woods, Bolivar Peninsula, Boykin Springs (Big Thicket National Preserve), and more.
Expect to see up to 200 species including 25-30 warblers; shorebirds, waders, and rails; Brown-headed Nuthatch, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman’s, Nelson’s and Seaside Sparrows and much, much more. Questions? Email John Vanderpoel at: jvanderpoel@peregrinevideo.co
The fee of $1595.00 (double occupancy, single premium, +$500) includes all transportation during your stay, admission fees, 8 nights of lodging, and 2 stellar leaders (who are volunteering their time!).
We gather on Friday, April 14th, after 2 p.m., at a hotel close to Bush Intercontinental Airport, “Staybridge Suites, Houston IAH Airport East” (free shuttle). On Saturday morning, April 15th, the leaders will arrive at the hotel with a 15 passenger van to begin the birding trip. Saturday evening, April 15, everyone will check into the Comfort Inn and Suites at Winnie, TX for 7 nights. EXCLUDED is airfare to Bush Intercontinental Airport and meals (other than breakfasts which are provided at the hotels). Please note, if you want to fly into Hobby Airport, you must make your own way to Staybridge Suites on Friday the 14th and then back to Hobby from Bush IAH on Saturday, April 22.
This trip is part of the Interludes with Nature field trip series. These trips are led by the area’s most knowledgeable birders and naturalists who take participants to places they wouldn’t often get to see. Monies raised by this important fundraising tool send our Teen Naturalists to birding camps.