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Save the Date -
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Choose Your Cause |
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Cypress Island
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GCBO Wine and
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GoodSearch ToolBar |
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Monthly Bird Banding at GCBO |
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Photos courtesy of Mike Gray and GCBO staff.
View on GCBO website.
December
2011
Save the Date - Holiday Open House
THIS FRIDAY!!!
Friday December 2
Shop from 10:00AM to 5:00PM
103 Hwy 332 West, Lake Jackson
Enjoy holiday
shopping at a leisurely pace this year at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory's
HOLIDAY SALE. GCBO's Nature Store will offer our local friends and members a
place to find a "natural" gift for everyone on their wish list while supporting
bird conservation efforts and our local sanctuary. Can't get by GCBO? Check out
our offerings on-line at
www.gcbo.org
or call the office for that special book order or to Adopt-A-Hummer certificate.
On this one day, enjoy tax free shopping.
As always members receive a 10% discount for a total savings 18.25%. For more
information call 979-480-0999.
Choose Your Cause

For many of us who choose to support conservation this is an
important time of year - the Holiday Season of Giving. This year
we are offering you choices in the hopes of encouraging you to
give something back to birds and supporting GCBO's efforts to
protect them. You choose how you want to help combat the threats
to healthy bird populations by selecting a cause that speaks to
your heart. Click
here to begin making your choice.
Cypress Island Preserve

In November, we inducted a new property into our
International Site Partner Network -TNC's Cypress Island
Preserve, Louisiana. A beautiful wooded wetland located
in our priority zone for Nearctic-Neotropical migrants,
this is Site # 70 for the Network. In this photo,
Cecilia Riley (GCBO) presents the Site Partner signage
to Preserve Manager Kacy King. GCBO's Site Partner
Network conserves over 9 million acres of critical
stopover habitat for neotropical migrants. Check out our
Site
Partner Network map and visit one of these great
sites along the Gulf Coast.
GCBO Wine and Cheese Benefit

Join us for a wine and cheese tasting benefitting Gulf
Coast conservation at The Grape Taste Wine Bistro.
Deborah Wassberg, owner of the Bistro has selected a
very special wine and cheese pairing at an exclusive
rate. There will also be many silent auction items and
door prizes. $40 per adult. Tickets can be purchased at
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, 103 Hwy 332 West, Lake
Jackson, TX 77566.
Due to the limited capacity of the restaurant,
reservations will be restricted to the first 60
people responding with payment. We encourage
you to send an RSVP early!
rcraft@gcbo.org
or call 979-480-0999.
GoodSearch ToolBar

The GoodSearch ToolBar is a good deal for GCBO! When added to
Internet Explorer or Firefox, each time you shop at more than
2,500 stores a percentage of your purchase will automatically be
donated to GCBO at no cost to you. You may even save money as
the toolbar provides coupons and deals as well! The toolbar also
has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a
penny is donated to GCBO. Over time that can add up. You don't
realize how many times you search for something on the internet
until the $$ start adding up! Please
install the toolbar today and pass this along to your
friends.
Monthly Bird Banding at GCBO

We reached 3000 birds banded
at GCBO! Research Associates Robert & Kay Lookingbill are shown above
holding lucky number 3000, an adult male Orchard Oriole banded on July
16th. Join us from 8:00 until noon
on Saturday, December 17th for our next monthly bird banding session. Winter residents
have arrived.
Come see who has returned to spend the winter with us! This is a
great way to get kids excited about wildlife, but all ages
are welcome. See the
map on our webpage for directions
or find a map by going to Mapquest or GoogleMaps. Note that some
other navigators will not take you to the correct location.
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