“. . . It is only with intelligent human effort to balance the natural, the civic, and the economic needs of the community that a better world can be created—one that will serve all creatures great and small.”

These words were written by May’s guest speaker, Ray Chancellor, descendant of Geoffrey Chaucer (yes, that Chaucer of the Canterbury Tales), a retired educator, birder, regular contributor to the Southlake Cove Journal, nature photographer and ecologist. While employed as an educator, Dr. Chancellor also banded birds for 25 years for the federal and Texas wildlife departments. In addition, he has transformed his backyard into a nature sanctuary with seven gardens, a gazebo and a koi pond. A long-time student of local environmental changes, Dr. Chancellor teaches the importance of preserving the ecosystem at Bob Jones Park in Southlake. Clearly, nature is his passion, preserving the ecosystem his mission and bird identification his specialty.

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When
Thursday, June 7, 2007
11:00 AM

Where
Texas Discovery Gardens
3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75210

Spring Field Trips for TCMGA. MGs – Spring is almost here and it’s time for us to get out and about and see some interesting places and learn some more. Here is a heads up on dates for your calendar. More information will be provided as each date gets closer.

Thursday, April 26th
Metro Maples and Stegall’s Nursery
(Pre-order box lunches at April MG meeting.)

Tuesday, May 22nd
Lavender Ridge Farm and Bailey Blueberry Patch
(Pre-order box lunches at May MG meeting.)

Late June (date TBA)
Arlington Garden Tour

Dr. Steve Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society, along with other Lab Staff, hosts Wednesday evening lectures on topics such as “How to identify birds and use binoculars,” “Bird song and courtship,” “Gardening for birds,” “Eggs & Nests,” and “Neotropical songbird conservation.” Lectures regularly feature color slides, audio recordings, and video presentations.

Weekend field trips visit habitats like Sapsucker Woods, Dryden Lake, Derby Hill, Braddock Bay, and Cornell University’s Arnot Forest. For an additional cost, students may choose to participate in one or both special overnight birding extravaganzas to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY, and an overnight bus trip to the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (one of the premiere birding locales in the East) in Oceanville, NJ, and Cape May, NJ.

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