North American Bluebird Society Convention
Royal Botanical Gardens
Burlington, Ontario Canada map location
Thursday, 09 September 2010
- Sunday, 12 September 2010
Annual Nabs Convention.
See www.nabluebirdsociety.org/convention.htm for program and lodging information.
Hays County Master Naturalists
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church
301 Hays County Acres Road, Dripping Springs, TX map location
Thursday, 23 September 2010
(6:30PM)
Presenter Pauline Tom
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership
For more information email Pauline Tom at pauline@texasbluebirdsociety or email Karen Hulene Bartell at hulene1@austin.rr.com
Attracting Bluebirds To The Garden
Buchanan's Native Plant Nursery
611 East 11th Street Houston, TX 77008-7109 map location
Thursday, 23 September 2010
(10:00am)
Presenter: Linda Crum
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Woodlands Landscaping Solutions
Sponsored by the Environmental Services Department
8203 Millennium Forest Drive. The Woodlands, TX map location
Saturday, 25 September 2010
(9:00am - Noon)
Presenter: Linda Crum
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership
Attracting Bluebirds To The Garden
Arbor Gate Nursery
15635 FM 2920 Road Tomball, TX 77377-6151 map location
Thursday, 30 September 2010
(10:00am)
Presenter: Linda Crum
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Celebrate Roanoke!
Downtown Area
Roanoke, TX map location
Saturday, 09 October 2010
(10:00am - 10:00pm)
Coordinator: Barb Ohlman
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Williamson County Master Gardeners Meeting
Williamson County Extension Office
3151 SE Interloop Road, Suite A, Georgetown, TX map location
Monday, 11 October 2010
(6:30pm)
Presenter: Pauline Tom
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Athens Organic Farmers Market
Athens Organic Farmers Market
Athens, TX map location
Saturday, 21 August 2010
(8:00 - Noon)
Staffed by Mark Carlson
2010 Summer Bluebird Symposium
New Henderson Civic Center at Lake Forest Park
Henderson, TX 75652 map location
Saturday, 14 August 2010
(9:00am - 4:00pm)
Sponsored by the Texas Bluebird Society, Andrea Brown, Symposium Coordinator.
Annual symposium with speakers on a wide variety of topics, and of course a Silent Auction fundraiser. Advanced Registration is closed. "At the Door Registration Available (without lunch)" Space is limited.
Texas Outdoor Women Network, Bastrop Chapter
Bastrop State Park at the Refectory
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
(6:30PM)
Presenter: Pauline Tom
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
For more information call Paulette Boudreaux 512.589.3438
21st Annual Blueberry Festival
Downtown Area
Nacogdches, TX map location
Saturday, 12 June 2010
(8:00am - 5:00pm)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Milam County Nature Festival
Wilson Ledbetter Park
FM160 Cameron, TX 76520 map location
Saturday, 12 June 2010
(All Day Event)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Downtown Area
Wills Point, Texas 75169 map location
Saturday, 24 April 2010
(9:00am - 5:00pm)
Coordinator: Barb Ohlman
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Lions Club Meeting
Meeting Hall
Rusk, Texas map location
Thursday, 22 April 2010
(Noon)
Presenter: Debbie Bradshaw
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Nature Quest
Hill Country Nature Center
Nature Center located on FM1050, 10.3 miles west of Utopia & 4.7 miles east of Hwy 83 map location
Thursday, 22 April 2010
(1:30pm - 5:00pm)
11th Annual Nature Quest April 22,23,24, 2010 The Best Birding and all-round Nature Festival in Central Texas. LeAnn Sharp is presenting "Bluebirds and Other Cavity-Nesters" including a nestbox nature trail tour at the date and time listed above. More information and registration available at www.riofriolodging.com.
Earth Day
Woodlands High School
6101 Research Forest Drive The Woodlands, Texas map location
Saturday, 10 April 2010
(10:00am - 5:00pm)
Coordinator: Betsy & Bill Jones
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Lawn and Garden Expo
Waxahachie Civic Center
2000 Civic Center Lane, Waxahachie, TX 75165 map location
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Coordinator: Lysle Mockler
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Attracting Bluebirds Seminar
Arbor Gate Nursery
15635 FM 2920, Tomball, TX 77377 map location
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Presenter: Linda Crum
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Montgomery County Master Gardeners Association Meeting
Montgomery County AgriLife Master Gardeners Education Building
9020 FM 1484 Conroe, TX 77303 map location
Monday, 22 February 2010
Presenter: Linda Crum
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Lake Mitchell Audubon Society Meeting
Lake Mitchell Audubon Center
10750 Pleasanton Road San Antonio, TX 78221 map location
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Presenter: LeAnn Sharp "Providing Habitat For Bluebirds And Other Small Cavity Nesters"
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
MaBank Garden Club Meeting
Tri-County Library
132 Market Street MaBank, TX 23765 map location
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Presenter: David Shields
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Statewide Bluebird Season KICKOFF
Bryan TX Brazos Center
3232 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, TX 77802 map location
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Coordinators: Jim and Kitty Anding
Nestbox Specials and Silent Auction. Registration required.
Wildlife Managerment Workshop
Palo Alto College, Peforming Arts Bldg.
1400 W. Villeart Blvd. San Antonio map location
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Sponsored by TP&W
Registration required: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/calendar/?calpage=s0193
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Heritage Syrup Festival
Henderson
Henderson, TX map location
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Co-coordinator: Andrea Brown
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Arbor Gate Nursery
Arbor Gate Nursery
Tomball, TX map location
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Presenter: Linda Crum (linda@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Celebrate Roanoke!
Roanoke
Friday, 09 October 2009
Co-Coordinator: Barb Ohlman (bohere@earthlink.net)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
TP&W EXPO
TP&W EXPO
Saturday, 03 October 2009
(2009-10-04)
This event has been cancelled.
Annual Membership Meeting
Montgomery County Agriculture Extension Agency Master Gardener Education Building
9020 FM 1484 Conroe, Texas 77303 map location
Saturday, 03 October 2009
Meet your fellow members! Awards, elections, door prizes, presentations, and fun!
Coordinator: Debbie Bradshaw (debbiep@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Piney Wood Wildlife Society
Mercer Arboretum
Spring, Tx map location
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Presenter: Linda Crum (linda@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
7th Annual Summer Bluebird Symposium
Lakeview Camp and Conference Center
5128 FM66 Waxahachie, TX 75167 map location
Saturday, 08 August 2009
At the door, purchase chances for drawing of original bluebird oil painting by Mary Rabien, noted Texas artist. Tickets are $3 each or 10 for $15. Registration form.
The Lakeview Camp and Conference Center is located 7 miles from Exit 399A on I 35E, toward Maypearl
Coordinator: Lysle Mockler (lbmockler@mac.com)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Texas Blueberry Festival
Nacogdoches
Saturday, 13 June 2009
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Texas Blueberry Festival
Founder’s Day Festival*
Rockwall
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Co-Coordinator: Barb Ohlman (bohere@earthlink.net)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Founder’s Day Festival
*Need Co-coordinator. Contact pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org
Texas Outdoor Woman Network
Austin
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Presenter: Pauline Tom (pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Texas Outdoor Woman Network
Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Coordinator: Barb Ohlman (bohere@earthlink.net)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Bluebird Festival
Earth Day
The Woodlands
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Coordinator: Betsy Jones (batjones@consolidated.net) & Bill Griffith (wdgriffith@charter.net)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Earth Day
Bryan / CS
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Coordinator: David Gwin (dgwin@cstx.gove)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Earth Day
Pace Creek Garden's Spring Fling
Hemphill, TX
Saturday, 04 April 2009
Coordinator: Pauline Tom (pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Pace Creek Garden District
Attracting Bluebirds
McCullough Jr. High School 3800 S. Panther Creek D
Thursday, 02 April 2009
Coordinator: Lucinda Valdes (lmvaldes@catw-tx.orgs)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Home_Garden Show
Waxahachie
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Coordinator: Lysle Mockler (lbmockler@mac.com)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Hideaway Lake Bird Club
Hideaway Lake Marina
Friday, 20 March 2009
Presenter: Linda Crum (linda@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Special note: Marina is gated, email RSVP to terry.setser@sbcglobal.com for instructions
Redbud Festival
Buna
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Coordinator: Debbie Bradshaw (debbiep@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Arbor Gate Nursery
Tomball
Friday, 20 February 2009
Presenter: Linda Crum (linda@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership. Arbor Gate Nursery
Riverside Nature Center
Kerrville
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Presenter: LeAnn Sharp (leann@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Riverside Nature Center
Big Country Wildlife Habitat Conference
Abilene
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Presenters: Brian and Judy Hetherington (heth76933@gmail.com)
Nestbox construction
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Registration form
Bastrop County Audubon
Bastrop
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Presenter: Pauline Tom (pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Bastrop County Audubon
Golden Triangle Audubon
Beaumont
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Presenter: Jennifer Fleming (jennifer@texasbluebirdsociety.org)
“One Nestbox” offer will be available at this event – a free nestbox with the purchase of a $15 membership.
Golden Triangle Audubon
Bluebird Workshop with nestbox construction
Mason
Saturday, 11 October 2008
hosted by Texas Master Naturalist
Presenters: Brian and Judy Hetherington
For more info, contact Gayland Thorn rgthorn (at) hctc.net
TBS Annual Meeting & Dinner
332 Live Oak Drive, Mountain City
Friday, 03 October 2008
Coordinator: Pauline Tom, ptom5678@gmail.com
Texas Parks & Wildlife EXPO
Austin
Friday, 03 October 2008
- Saturday, 04 October 2008
"One Nestbox" Booth
Coordinator: Ann Thames, semahta@yahoo.com
6th Annual Summer Bluebird Symposium and Silent Auction
The Woodlands
8203 Millennium Forest, The Woodlands, TX map location
Saturday, 16 August 2008
July 1: Early Bird Registration deadline
Early Birds receive a 5 x 7 bluebird photo by Kathy Adams Clark
Registration form: 2008flier.pdf
Coordinator: Linda Crum, txorganicgardener@gmail.com or 281.292.4193
Photos and info: More on this event
Texas Blueberry Festival
Nacogdoches
Saturday, 14 June 2008
http://www.texasblueberryfestival.com/
"One Nestbox" Booth
Coordinator: Norm Shoemaker, otaybuckwheat@sbcglobal.net
Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 26 April 2008
"One Nestbox" Booth Barb Ohlman, Coordinator - bohere@verizon.net
Nature Quest 2008 workshop
Hill Country Nature Center, Uvalde County (near Utopia)
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
- Wednesday, 23 April 2008
(1:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
LeAnn Sharp, presenter LeAnn@texasbluebirdsociety.org This is a Nature Quest 2008 workshop. Registration fee required.
Earth Day
College Station Veterans Park
Saturday, 19 April 2008
(10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
"One Nestbox" Booth
David Gwin, Coordinator - dgwin@cstx.gov
Bastrop-Caldwell County WMA Wildlife Extravaganza
Smithville Riverbend Park
Saturday, 12 April 2008
(1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)
“One Nestbox” Booth Pauline Tom, coordinator pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org For information about the event, phone Meredith Longoria, 512.322.7280
Ellis County Lawn & Garden Expo
Waxahachie Civic Center
Saturday, 29 March 2008
(9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
“One Nestbox” Booth Coordinator, Lysle Mockler lbmockler (at) mac.com
TPWD Wildlife Practices Management Workshop (Bastrop County and Caldwell County)
N/A
Monday, 25 February 2008
Pauline Tom, presenter pauline@texasbluebirdsociety.org For more information, phone Meredith Longoria, 512.332.7280
Utopia Garden Club
Utopia Methodist Church
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
(2:30 p.m.)
LeAnn Sharp , presenter - leann@friolodging.com For more information, phone 830.966.2320
TBS Annual Dinner & Auction
McKinney Falls State Park Dining Hall (Austin)
Saturday, 06 October 2007
(6:00pm)
Our annual meeting will be in conjunction with the Texas Parks & Wildlife EXPO. Participants may plan to visit the 2-day event and volunteer under the red, white and blue Texas Bluebird Society canopy.
Texas Parks & Wildlife EXPO
Austin
Saturday, 06 October 2007
- Sunday, 07 October 2007
To volunteer to work our booth, contact Ann Thames. semahta@yahoo.com or 979.278.3053.
About 40,000 visit this festival!
TBS Bluebird Symposium
Camp Chaparral, Wichita Falls
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Keith Kridler, featured speaker. Also, Denise Townsend and Laura Packer.
Early morning nature walk led by local birders. Optional tour of Wichita Falls Winery, just down the street.
For details or to donate an auction item, contact John Cys, 940.691.5702
Texas Blueberry Festival
Nacogdoches
Saturday, 09 June 2007
To volunteer to work our booth, contact Norm Shoemaker, sales@thriftyrubberstamp.com or 936-569-0480.
This will be our first year with a booth at this festival. We’re also a sponsor! Bluebirds & Blueberries in Deep East Texas!
Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 14 April 2007
To volunteer to work our booth, contact Norm Shoemaker, sales@thriftyrubberstamp.com or 936-569-0480
This is our 6th year with a presence at this annual festival on the red brick streets of Wills Point (about an hour east of Dallas.)
Annual TBS Summer Bluebird Symposium
Ft. Worth Nature Center and Refuge
9601 Fossil Ridge Road, Ft. Worth, TX 76135 map location
Saturday, 20 August 2005
- Sunday, 21 August 2005
(9 a.m. to 4 p.m. )
Features Keith Kridler, who has 40 years experience bluebirding and is co-author of Bluebird Monitor's Guide.
Symposium also includes a silent auction with different auction items each day.
Optional bird watching walk from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Program starts at 10 a.m. Same program both days.
$10 for TBS members, $20 for non-TBS members (fee includes lunch).
To register and for more information, including driving directions, call "The Birdhouse" 817-444-8581.
Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, founded 1972, is located on 3,600 acres of native forest, prairie, and wetland habitats.
International Migratory Bird Day
Hornsby Bend
Saturday, 14 May 2005
The monthly Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory Bird Survey takes place this Saturday May 14 at Hornsby Bend.
Since the 14th is International Migratory Bird Day, the public is encouraged to participate on novice to expert teams. Come help count the many migrants moving through Hornsby Bend. Gather at 6:30 a.m. for light breakfast at Hornsby Bend in the Center for Environmental Research. Morning survey begins at 7 a.m. with tally at 11 a.m. Also from CER building, the afternoon survey is 4 p.m. to sundown.
May survey leader is Mikael Behrens - mobile phone: (512)431-9136. Participants can contact Mikael or just show up at 7am or 4pm.
The CER building is the first building at the entrance to Hornsby Bend. Location and Site map at www.hornsbybend.org .
Travis Audubon Society has organized a variety of IMB Day events in Austin. More info at http://www.travisaudubon.org/ .
BirdFest
Chappell Hill
Saturday, 30 April 2005
- Sunday, 01 May 2005
Offering membership/nestbox exchange.
Contact Ann Thames ( ann@texasbluebirdsociety.org ) to volunteer to help staff the booth.
For more information on the festival, visit www.chappellhillbirdfest.com.
Annual Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 23 April 2005
Again this year the Texas Bluebird Society will have the center section just past the entrance to the festival.
We're in great need of help to staff our sales booth and our "One Nestbox" membership/nestbox exchange table, and chat with visitors. No experience necessary. To volunteer, email
For more information about the festival, visit the Wills Point Bluebird Festival Association website .
2005 Lawn and Garden Expo
Waxahachie Civic Center
Saturday, 19 March 2005
There are 3 main speakers. Neil Sperry will be speaking at 1:30 PM, on 10 Ways to Save Money, Time and Energy. Also, Lucy Harrell, author of, Ladies of the Garden, will be speaking at 9:30 on Companion Planting and Organic Gardening.
TBS Booth will offer membership/nestbox exchange. The Waxahachie Civic Center is located at I35E and 287.
For details or to volunteer, contact Lysle Mockler at 972.435.6271 or lysle@texasbluebirdsociety.org .
Bluebirds in The Woodlands: one nest box at a time - with Mark Klym from Texas Parks & Wildlife
The Woodlands High School
3800 S. Panther Creek Dr., The Woodlands, TX map location
Thursday, 17 March 2005
Exquisitely beautiful and captivating creatures, Eastern bluebirds almost disappeared from our state until conservationists focused attention on their plight. Mark Klym from Texas Parks and Wildlife reveals bluebirds--their charming behaviors, nesting preferences and parenting skills. Learn what communities throughout Texas are doing to increase the number of bluebirds and how enthusiasts can provide for the enchanting creature in the home or school landscape.
Hosted at the McCullough Campus of The Woodlands High School, 3800 S. Panther Creek Dr., The Woodlands.
For information call 281.210.3900 or visit thewebsite.
Liberty County Horticulture Society
Liberty
Monday, 28 February 2005
(11:30 am)
Charles Post will present a program on bluebirds at the Liberty County Horticulture Society meeting at 11:30 am, February 28, at the Sam Houston Regional Library on Hwy 1011 (3 mi. north of Liberty off Hwy 146)
Texas Statewide Land Trust Conference
Marriott South - Austin
Thursday, 24 February 2005
- Friday, 25 February 2005
Texas Bluebird Society will offer membership/nestbox exchange to attendees at the conference. The conference features land trust movement leaders and 15 workshops about how to increase land conservation effectiveness.
Master Gardeners
Liberty County Extension Office
2103 Cos St., Liberty, TX map location
Thursday, 17 February 2005
(6:30 pm)
Charles Post will present a program on bluebirds at the Master Gardeners meeting at 6:30 pm, Feb. 17 in the Liberty County Extension office at 2103 Cos St. in Liberty.
Central Texas Wildlife and Land Use Clinic
VFW Hall
Hwy 36, Cameron, TX map location
Tuesday, 15 February 2005
(8AM to 3:30PM)
TBS will have a booth at the Central Texas Wildlife and Land Use Clinic.
Lunch is provided with $10 registration.
TBS Annual Convention
Parrie Haynes Ranch
Ding Dong map location
Saturday, 30 October 2004
This annual "last Saturday in October" event is held each year somewhere in "Central Texas".
This year's location is the Parrie Hanes Ranch in Ding Dong. Ding Dong is located in Bell County, south of Killeen. It will be a full-day conference with a silent auction and raffles.
For more details about the event or to donate an item, contact Pauline Tom, 512.268.5678.
Featured speaker: June Osborne is a naturalist, freelance writer, columnist, and author living in Waco, Texas. Her books include The Cardinal and The Ruby-throated Hummingbird published by the University of Texas Press, I'd Rather Be Birding published by Texas A&M University Press, and her newly revised and updated, self-published Birder's Guide to Concan, Texas (and surrounding area). June's new book, I'd Rather Be Birding was chosen as a featured title for the Texas Book Festival, the most prestigious literary event in the Southwest. June is a regular contributor to WildBird magazine.
TP&W Expo
Austin
Saturday, 02 October 2004
- Sunday, 03 October 2004
(9:00am to 5:00pm)
For the 4th year, TBS will have a booth at the Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo in Austin. 50,000 are expected during the 2-day event.
Bluebird Symposium
House Pasture Restaurant meeting room
Concan map location
Saturday, 21 August 2004
This annual "3rd Saturday in August" event moves from region to region each year.
This year's location is in South Central Texas. It will be a full-day conference with a silent auction and nine optional field trips.
Featured speaker: June Osborne is a naturalist, freelance writer, columnist, and author living in Waco, Texas. Her books include The Cardinal and The Ruby-throated Hummingbird published by the University of Texas Press, I'd Rather Be Birding published by Texas A&M University Press, and her newly revised and updated, self-published Birder's Guide to Concan, Texas (and surrounding area). June's new book, I'd Rather Be Birding was chosen as a featured title for the Texas Book Festival, the most prestigious literary event in the Southwest. June is a regular contributor to WildBird magazine.
To donate an auction item, contact LeAnn Sharp (LeAnn@texasbluebirdsociety.org) or 830.966.2320.
More information and registration form
27th NABS Convention
Ithaca, NY
Thursday, 08 July 2004
- Saturday, 10 July 2004
For more information see the North American Bluebird Society website
Cleburne Lawn & Garden Show
Cleburne Convention Center
Cleburne, TX map location
Saturday, 08 May 2004
(9:00am - 4:00pm)
TBS Booth will offer membership/nestbox exchange.
To volunteer to help with the booth, phone Lysle Mockler, 972.435.6271.
Sebastopol House May Day
Sequin
Saturday, 01 May 2004
(10:00am - 2:00pm)
TBS Booth, "One Nestbox" Membership/Nestbox exchange available.
To volunteer, phone Pauline, 512-268-5678.
Annual Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 24 April 2004
This year the Texas Bluebird Society will have the center section just past the entrance to the festival.
Every hour on the hour from 9:00 - 4:00 we'll have a bluebird-related speaker.
From the bus stop at the far end of the street, TBS will lead the Bluebird Bus Tours to our trail at Lake Tawakoni State Park at 8:30, Noon and 3:30.
We're in great need of help to staff our sales booth, "One Nestbox" membership/nestbox exchange table, and chat with visitors. No experience necessary. To volunteer, phone Lysle Mockler, 972-435-6271.
For more information visit the Wills Point Bluebird Festival Association website .
BIRDING IN THE BIG THICKET FESTIVAL
Kountze
Saturday, 24 April 2004
Charles Post will speak at 2:30. Membership / Nestbox Exchange will be offered.
Earth Day Celebration
Riverside Nature Center in Kerrville
Kerrville, TX map location
Saturday, 24 April 2004
(8:00am - 4:00pm)
TBS Booth will offer membership/nestbox exchange.
Board of Directors Meeting
Kaufman
Friday, 23 April 2004
(5:00pm - 10pm)
Contact Pauline Tom 512-268-5678 or David Shiels 972-962-8112 for details.
Earth Day at Gladys Porter Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
Lufkin, TX map location
Sunday, 18 April 2004
(1:00pm - 5:00pm)
TBS Booth will offer membership/nestbox exchange.
Coordinators: Bill & Athena Petty
Nature Quest Bluebird Workshop
House Pasture Cattle Company
Concan, TX map location
Friday, 16 April 2004
(1:30pm - 5:00pm)
Led by Pauline Tom. "One Nestbox" membership/nestbox exchange available.
To help, contact Pauline, 512-268-5678.
For information and registration visit the Texas Hill Country River Region website .
Nature Quest Bluebird Workshop
House Pasture Cattle Company
Concan, TX map location
Wednesday, 14 April 2004
(1:30pm - 5:00pm)
Led by Pauline Tom. "One Nestbox" membership/nestbox exchange available.
To help, contact Pauline, 512-268-5678.
For information and registration visit the Texas Hill Country River Region website .
Ellis County Master Gardeners
N/A
Saturday, 20 March 2004
"One Nestbox" membership/nestbox exchange available. For details or to volunteer, contact Lysle Mockler 972-435-6271
Corpus Christi Audubon Outdoor
Museum of Science and History
Corpus Christi, TX map location
Tuesday, 09 March 2004
(6:45pm - 9:00pm)
Lee Hutchins, Speaker; membership/nestbox exchange available.
To help, phone Lee, 361-364-1651. Evening event. Membership/Nestbox exchange available.
For details or to volunteer, contact Bill Petty 936-639-2895.
Prairie & Timber Audubon
Heard Museum
Tuesday, 24 February 2004
(7:30pm to 9:00pm)
Doug Rohde, TBS Speaker.
For more information visit the Prairie & Timber Audubon website.
Annual Bluebird House Day
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
812 S. Church, Paris, TX map location
Saturday, 14 February 2004
(1:30 to 5:00 p.m)
For more information call: 903-785-5716
LCRA Riverside Center near Bastrop's Fisherman's Park
LCRA Riverside Center
Bastrop, TX map location
Saturday, 15 November 2003
Dick LeVasseur, keynote speaker. Special lodging rates at Holiday Inn Express 512-321-1900.
Gulf Coast Bluebird Symposium
Tyrrell Park
Beaumont, TX map location
Saturday, 16 August 2003
This is a joint venture with Golden Triangle Audubon Society Garden Center.
Feature speaker, Keith Kridler. This is TBS MidYear Event and it will move from one region to another each year.
Outdoors event at Boggy Creek
Lufkin
Saturday, 14 June 2003
Keith Kridler will lead sessions at the Women in the Outdoors event at Boggy Creek. For details, contact Nancy.
20th Century Club Event
Pittsburg (near Mt. Pleasant)
Friday, 16 May 2003
Keith Kridler will give program on bluebirds and other cavity nesters for the 20th Century Club.
Contact Mrs. Dick White in Pittsburg for details.
Bluebird Day
Winnsboro
Monday, 05 May 2003
B. James with the Winnsboro Police Department is hosting a "bluebird day" where up to 60 kids under the age of 9 will each build a nestbox and get to see the cavity nester program.
For more information call 903-342-3620.
Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 26 April 2003
Texas Bluebird Society will provide an Information Room (with slide shows throughout the day) in the Chamber of Commerce building. Nestboxes will be sold at our booth that's located in the middle of the street just before the Chamber of Commerce building.
Hill Country River Region Nature Quest
N/A
Wednesday, 23 April 2003
N/A
Grand Opening of Coleman Park
Coleman Park
Sulphur Springs, TX map location
Friday, 11 April 2003
At Coleman park TBS partnered with a 5th grade class to install nestboxes.
There will be "bluebird trail" walking tours.
Sulphur Springs is half way between Dallas and Mt. Pleasant on I-30.
Rotary Club Event
N/A
Thursday, 03 April 2003
A noon hour bluebird/cavity nester program to the Rotary Club by Keith Kridler.
Wild Turkey Women in the outdoors event
North of Mt. Pleasant
Omaha, NE map location
Saturday, 29 March 2003
All day series of programs just north of Mt. Pleasant, in Omaha, NE. We will be building TBS nestboxes for 38>56 participants.
For more information contact Dorothy McCarver at 903-572-7529.
North American Bluebird Society Convention
Kearney, NE
Thursday, 20 March 2003
- Saturday, 22 March 2003
N/A
The Birdhouse, Azle
The Birdhouse
Azle, TX map location
Saturday, 15 March 2003
(11 a.m.)
Doug Rohde presents this year's bluebird seminar. Following the seminar, Doug will lead a tour of his bluebird trail in Highland Village (about an hour away).
San Antonio Audubon Society General Meeting
San Antonio
Thursday, 06 March 2003
Pauline Tom of the Texas Bluebird Society (TBS) will present "Bluebirding for Central Texans", including natural history, basic bluebird behavior, ways to attract bluebirds, monitoring techniques, and info on the Society. There will be a limited number of free nestboxes available in exchange for a TBS membership.
For more information contact Pauline Tom! tbs@texasbluebirdsociety.org
Nature Tourism and its Impact on the Community
Historic Train Depot Building
Mt. Vernon, TX map location
Thursday, 14 November 2002
Keith Kridler will present "Nature Tourism and its Impact on the Community" to City of Mt Vernon. It will include slides on nature, birds and daffodils.
The meeting will be held in the historic train depot building in downtown Mt. Vernon.
Contact Teresa Whims (903 537-4495) for more information.
Texas Wildlife Expo 2002
N/A
Tuesday, 05 November 2002
- Wednesday, 06 November 2002
Look for TBS in the Wildscapes tent.
Nestbox Building Workshop
Mount Pleasant High School
Mount Pleasant, TX map location
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Keith Kridler will conduct a nestbox building workshop for the special education classes of Mount Pleasant High School.
Celebration of Texas Blues
N/A
Friday, 11 October 2002
- Saturday, 12 October 2002
See the flier for the event.
The Texas Bluebird Society Spring Event
Wills Point
Saturday, 20 April 2002
Beginning with field trip to Wills Point Bluebird Festival (festival bus tour will go to TBS Nestbox Trail at Lake Tawakoni). Symposium begins at Trail Dust Inn, Sulphur Springs, at 2:30.
Wills Point Bluebird Festival
Wills Point
Saturday, 20 April 2002
Bluebird Info Room at the Chamber of Commerce. The Texas Bluebird Society Team will be available to answer questions.
Mark Klym, Board Member and TP&W Information Specialist, will present 30-minute programs at 9, 10, 11, and 12.
Booth: Nextboxes, autographed copies of The Bluebird Monitors Guide and memberships will be sold. Prepaid orders for new TBS t-shirt, too!
The Birdhouse Event
The Birdhouse
Azle, TX map location
Saturday, 09 March 2002
Pauline Tom, President of the Texas Bluebird Society, will lead outdoor seminar. Admission is free. Bring lawn chair. Open to the public.
Call 817-444-8581 or see web site for more details.
Wild Bird Center
N/A
Saturday, 23 February 2002
A special appearance by Keith Kridler, co-author of The Bluebird Monitors Guide. Keith will be here at 2:00 p.m. and will do a slide presentation on Texas Cavity-Nesters and of course Bluebirds! Keith will have on display natural and manmade cavities that our Texas Cavity-Nesters prefer. Mounting poles, guards and other nestbox designs will be on display.
Bluebird Day
Sam Bell Maxey State Park
Saturday, 09 February 2002
The program varies a little from year to year, and includes an educational video, presentations by members of the Park Service and a workshop on constructing nestboxes. Turnout ranges from 15 to 50 people.
Huntsville Audubon Presentation
Huntsville
Saturday, 12 January 2002
Huntsville Audubon presentation by Mark Klym, TBS Board Member who provides bluebird management programs in his work for Texas Parks & Wildlife.
Nestbox Installation
Lake Tawakoni State Park
Wills Point, TX map location
Saturday, 15 December 2001
Nestboxes will be installed by Boy Scout Troop 332 led by David Shields, TBS Board Member.
Nest Box Installation
Sky Creek Ranch Golf Course
Keller, TX map location
Sunday, 04 November 2001
(1:00 p.m.)
N/A
Bluebird of Happiness
Keller
Sunday, 04 November 2001
The "Bluebird of Happiness" will be the focus of a slide presentation in Keller. Led by Keith Kridler, co-author of the The Bluebird Monitor's Guide.
Bluebird Box Building Workshop
Travis
Saturday, 03 November 2001
In conjunction with Travis Audubon Society.
Board of Directors Meeting
N/A
Thursday, 18 October 2001
- Friday, 19 October 2001
Board of Directors Meeting with some events including members various Central Texas locations.
Travis Audubon Program
Travis
Thursday, 18 October 2001
(7:00 p.m. )
Travis Audubon program (open to all).
TBS table open for purchase of memberships 7:30 p.m. Keith Kridler, TBS Vice-President.
Texas Wildlife Expo 2001
N/A
Saturday, 06 October 2001
- Sunday, 07 October 2001
N/A