The Spring Meeting of the Texas Ornithological Society will be held in Freeport. Our host group is the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and they have been hard a work setting up the impressive list of birding locations and trip leaders. We have chosen the weekend at the height of spring migration, April 24-27 to be on the Texas coast. With the excellent locations for our field trips we should be able to have maximum exposure to the many migrating species present at this time. Make plans to come and join us there. In addition, we will have an excellent line up of evening speakers. Our keynote speaker will be Drew Lanham, PhD., Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University. Drew is a wonderful speaker and strong proponent of ecology. And we will welcome back Mark Lockwood. Mark is the author of several books on Texas birds, works for the Texas Parks & Wildlife, and is the co-author of the soon to be released updated version of The TOS Handbook of Texas . Our final speaker will be Lee Hoy. Lee is a longtime birder, herp enthusiast and photographer from the Austin area. Our host hotel is the Cherotel at 925 Hwy 332 in Lake Jackson. Rates are $84 for a room with two queens or $79 for a single king—and, of course, taxes will be added. To get your accommodations call 979-297-1161 and mention you will be attending the TOS meeting. See you there.

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