Houston, Tx
 The Ornithology Group (OG) of the Outdoor Nature Club is a club of individuals interested in birds, birding, and birdwatching. Some members focus on bird identification and listing, some enjoy studying bird behavior and habitat, and some just enjoy watching birds. The OG is organized to accommodate all of these diverse birding interests. Members also benefit from the synergism of getting together to share knowledge and interests during the club's activities. OG activities make learning about birds fun!
Regular monthly meetings feature a wide variety of local and nationally recognized speakers. The first 15 to 20 minutes of each meeting are devoted to club business and sharing information. The remainder of the meeting is reserved for the featured speaker. Guests and new members are always welcome and the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. Monthly meetings also feature an informal discussion session called the Learning Corner to enhance member birding skills. It begins 30 minutes before the regular meeting and is an alternative to the always popular activity of socializing and comparing recent birding war stories during this premeeting time.
Our monthly newsletter, The Spoonbill, announces group activities, reports group business, and presents articles of birding interest. The Spoonbill includes The Clearing House, a monthly record of bird sightings along the Upper Texas Coast. Non-Member subscriptions to the Spoonbill are $13.00 per year.
The OG also sponsors field trips that begin in August and average about two per month through May. At least one each month is on a weekend day while another is a midweek field trip on a Wednesday. The field trips are to local areas as well as select areas throughout the state.
Experienced leaders guide participants to areas of good concentrations of birds or birds of special interest. As with our meetings, guests and new members are always welcome. Periodically the OG also offers field trips of a longer duration to areas farther from the Houston area.
The OG sponsors the Houston Christmas Bird Count each December. Both are very interesting activities and always draw heavy participation by OG members.
Membership in the OG allows you to receive the club's publication, The Spoonbill. Membership also entitles you to check out books and tapes from the extensive yet free OG library. The club offers local birding maps and A Birder's Checklist of the Upper Texas Coast.
All are welcome at our meetings and on our field trips. Please join us and consider becoming a member.
The Ornithology Group (OG) meets the first Monday , August through May (except the second Monday in September and January). Learning Corner begins at 6:30 pm; meeting begins at 7:00 pm, Bayland Community Center (713-541-9951) in Bayland Park, 6400 Bissonnet (just west of Hillcroft).
Membership is $22/year and includes a subscription to the OG's newsletter The Spoonbill and to the ONC's newsletter Nature Notes |
