2019 Schedule of Events

Friday February 15

Bird Tours**

Tour No. 1 - Powderhorn Ranch - SOLD OUT

6:30 am - 3:00 pm

Tour No. 2 - Birding on the Bay (Boat) - SOLD OUT

8:00 am - 10:30 am

East Bay boat launch across from The Point,
608 1st St., Palacios, TX

Tour No. 3 - Birding on the Bay (Boat) - SOLD OUT

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

East Bay boat launch across from The Point,
608 1st St., Palacios, TX

Tour No. 4 - Birding on the Bay (Boat) - SOLD OUT

2:00 - 4:30 pm

East Bay boat launch across from The Point,
608 1st St., Palacios, TX

Artist Meet & Greet

Meet Margie Crisp 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

2019 MARSH artist in residence
Old Main Bookstore
438 Main Street, Palacios, TX

Piping Plover 2019 Art Contest

Bird Fest Art Contest and Concert
by Susan McDonald
Palacios High School Fine Arts Building
100 Shark Drive, Palacios, TX
6:30 to 8:30 pm

Saturday February 16

Bird Tours** 6:30am - 10:00 am

Tour No. 5 - Oyster Lake

Meet at The Point, 608 1st St., Palacios, TX

UPDATED

Tour No. 6 - The Nature Conservancy's Clive Runnels
Mad Island Marsh Preserve

Meet at The Point, 608 1st St., Palacios, TX
Purchase Registration

Kayak Tour** 6:30am - 10:00 am

Tour No. 7 - Oyster Lake
Lowe's Parking Lot, 702 Henderson, Palacios, TX
Purchase Registration

Palacios Parade of Birds & Raptor Show*

New Location

10:00 - 1:00 pm
Starts at 1st Street and South Bay Blvd -
Ends at Historic Luther Hotel Lawn
Friends of Brazoria Raptor Display at parade route end

Lunch

10:30 - 1:30 pm - Local Food Trucks
Main Street, Palacios, TX

I'd like to enter a bird into the parade

Vendors*

Contact: lauriebeck@becktv.com

1:30 -5:30 pm Gymnasium East Side Annex
Inaugural Photo Contest Winners

Speaker Sessions* 1:30 - 5:15 pm

East Side Annex, 901 Second Steet, Palacios, TX

1:30 -2:30 pm - Session 1
Jim Stephenson
Bird Photography: Things I've Learned
Susan A. Heath - GCBO Director of Conservation Research
Conservation of Shore Birds Along the Texas Shore Coast through Monitoring, Stewardship & Education
Margie Crisp
Parting the Waters: the Colorado River Raft
and Matagorda Bay
Register Here

Speaker Sessions* 1:30 - 5:15 pm - cont.

East Side Annex, 901 Second Steet, Palacios, TX

2:30 -3:30 pm - Session 2
David Newstead
Where do they come from and what do they want? Technology and ecology solving mysteries of the shorebird world: a case study on Red Knots
Ryan Spencer
The Nature of Art
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
Texas Audubon Suzanne Langley
Audubon Year of the Bird
Register Here

3:30 -4:30 pm - Session 3
Margie Crisp
Parting the Waters: the Colorado River Raft
and Matagorda Bay
Dr. Elizabeth Smith -
International Crane Foundation Speaker
A Tale of Two Species: Whooping and Sandhill Cranes
in North America
Jim Stephenson
Bird Photography: Things I've Learned
Moderated Speaker Q&A 4:30 - 5:15pm
Gymnasium Stage
Register Here

Dinner**

SOLD OUT

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Keynote Speaker Andrew Sansom
Palacios Educational Pavilion
693 South Bay Blvd., Palacios, TX

Sunday February 17

Kayak Tour** 6:30 - 10:00 am

Tour No. 8 - Keller Bay
Lowe's Parking Lot, 702 Henderson, Palacios, TX
Purchase Registration

Bird Tours**

Tour No. 9 - 6:30 - 10:30 am
The Nature Conservancy's Clive Runnels
Mad Island Marsh Preserve - SOLD OUT
Meet at The Point, 608 1st St., Palacios, TX

Tour No. 10 - 6:30 - 10:30 am
TPW Mad Island Wildlife Management Area
Meet at The Point, 608 1st St., Palacios, TX
Purchase Registration

*Free Attendance and Programs
** Online Registration Required. Kayak tours limited to 11 people