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 Smith Point Hawkwatch Field Trip
We will leave the Arboretum at 7:00 a.m. in a rented van for the 90 minute drive to Smith Point and arrive back by 4:00 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and see more raptors in one day than you've seen in a lifetime. Trip Leader: Bill Eley is Program Development Director at the Houston Arboretum. Bill has over 30 years of birding experience on the Gulf Coast and all over the world. Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Trip has been cancelled. Email for more information Cost: Sign up for 3 or more classes in a series (Exploring Nature, In the Garden, Natural Crafts & Food, or Photography) and receive a 10% discount off each class. Call Registrar at 713-366-0421 to register and receive discount. Questions? Email for more information. |
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Witness one of nature's greatest spectacles - the migration of thousands of raptors from their breeding grounds in North America to their winter homes in the tropics. Smith Point, in Chambers County, Texas is a small peninsula that extends into Galveston Bay. Migrating hawks will linger here before continuing over or around the Bay. The large hawkwatch tower is a perfect place to see huge kettles of Broad-winged Hawks, Mississippi Kites, and other species - 25 different raptors were counted last year including Bald Eagle. The trees around Smith Point are also a great place to see migrating songbirds.