Environment

Round up the treasures (clean and in good condition) hidden in your garage, closets and attic and bring them to our one day drop-off collection event.

Bicycles*- bicycles in all conditions for donation to children of all ages Partner: Bikes for Tykes and Bicycle Recycle

Books*- Partner: Friends of the Plano Public Library Cell Phones - Partner: ECO Phones

Clothing - Men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, belts, purses, backpacks, wallets, duffle bags and stuffed animals (gently used and clean items only) Partner: World Wear Project

Document Shredding - TWO BOX limit per household (13”x16”x26”) No commercial business paperwork accepted. Secure on-site shredding until truck is full Partner: DFWShredding.com

Eye Glasses*- prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses, reading glasses, frames and accessories Partner: Plano New Millennium Lions Club

Flyer from Raymond Crawford

PUBLIC    MEETING
at Dallas City Hall, Auditorium L1F
next to the underground parking garage
1500 Marilla Street
Thursday, October 27th @ 6 pm

Dallas City Hall wants to know how you feel about gas drilling.

The Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force is preparing new recommendations in order to deliver to the Dallas City Council. They want to hear of you concerns. What do you want in the new gas ordinance? Here are a few suggestions you may want to request that the city consider:

Continue to encourage your child's love of the outdoors all year long with Trinity River Audubon Center's Nature Club!

The 3rd Sunday of EVERY month, beginning September 18, 2011 from 2PM-4PM.

Nature Club is designed to encourage children, ages 5-12, to be active stewards of our lands, while at the same time showing children all the wonders of the nature around them.

Price: $195/ child for members ($220/child for non-members) for 9 sessions

SCHEDULE

September 18th: Insect Adventures

October 16th: Birding and Migration

November 20th: Building an A-Frame Shelter/Fort and Survival Skills

December 18th: Christmas Bird Count

January 15th: Nature Arts and Crafts

February 19th: Nature Journaling

March 18th: Frog Club

April 15th: Scuzzing and Pond Sampling

May 20th: Paddling the Ponds

To register your child today, visit our website at: https://www.camperregsecure.com/trinityriver/

All 3rd Thursday events include: Food & Wine Tastings, Music, Kids Crafts, Nature Hikes,
Paddling or Fishing, Art, Book Club, Education, Citizen Science & More.

See website for details.

Growing up WILD - (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers)

Art projects, songs, and movement stretch your students' nature literacy and enhance their outdoor experiences.

•Make and take activities for your classroom!

•27 field-tested, hands-on, nature based activities in a full-color 11 x17 activity guide

•Is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and the Head Start Domains

•http://projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.htm

Cost: $40 (Registration & Payment due: 12/1)

To register please complete Project WILD registration form or contact Allison Milstead at amilstead@rocketmail.com

The Warblers are coming! Are you ready?

Warblers are colorful and extremely active birds, which flock in large groups during spring and fall migrations.  They can be gray, olive, or green; many are patterned with bright yelow, red, orange, blue or black and white. There are many species of warblers with many names to describe their appearance.

Learn to identify these amazing birds with ease and confidence.

Jim Peterson was Curator of Ornithology at the Dallas Museum of Natural History and is now Director of Technology at the Episcopal School of Dallas. He has compiled the Dallas County Christmas Count for the last 21 years, and currently maintains bird records for North-Central Texas at www.nctexasbirds.com.

FREE

A free egg-stravaganza for the whole family awaits bird enthusiasts and nature lovers at the Tinrity River Audubon Center. As the country looks toward Earth Day, "Celebrate Bird Fest" will showcase the power and diversity of birds with an opportunity for children and adults to Meet Birds of Prey up close, Fly Homing Pigeons, Dissect Owl Pellets (WHAT?), talk to an ornithologist, and take guided birding hikes. There will be craft stations to creat bird art and learn about binoculars and sporting scopes!  The celebration features an additional earth-friendly element as participants build bird houses and make bird feeders.

FREE.

http://www.trinityriveraudubon.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Explore_SpecialEvents

Join our experienced North Texas field ornithologists in this Citizen Science adventure for all ages. A 15-minute bird census will be conducted at various locations on the TRAC property every hour on the hour. All findings will be submitted to GBBC.

Free.

Dabbling duck or diving duck? Goose? Heron? Egret? Join us at the amazing John Bunker Sands Wetland Ctr for a morning of waterfowl adventure with naturalist Dr. Bob Stone.  Dr. Stone is a board certified orthopedic surgeon who helped to develop arthroscopic surgery worldwide. A former Dallas Audubon Board member, Dr. Stone has birded on all continents except Antarctica and is currently at 2030 on his World Bird List.

We will meet at the Rock Church at the intersection of 175 and Combine Rd (If travelling S on Hwy 175, take the Combine Rd exit south of Kaufman County Line sign.) Turn right from the Combine Rd excit into the church parking lot. It is immediately to your right after you get onto Combine Rd from Hwy 175. After meeting in the church parking lot, we will take you to the JBS Center.

Participants must sign a liability waiver.

PLEASE visit www.wetlandcenter.com to learn about this wonderful wetland.

THIS CLASS IS FOR EXPERIENCED BIRDERS. Due to use of advanced identification terminology, beginning birders are discouraged from attending. Class size is limited to 12 participants.

Calling all seasoned birders!

Join Audubon's 112th Christmas Bird Count and make a contribution to science! Every year families and students, birders and scientists, armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists go out on an annual mission to collect data in this longest-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations - and to help guide conservation action.

RSVP to Stephanie at STIMKO@audubon.org or 214-309-5813 for team assignment.

Please bring your Sibley Field Guide for classroom reference.

THIS CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT IS OPEN TO EXPERIENCED BIRDERS.

Participants are expected to participate in the full 12-hour field monitoring. There may be limited opporutnitiies for beginning birders - please contact Stephanie for additional information.

$5