The Golden Crescent Nature Club (GCNC) is an informal group of Victoria- Port Lavaca area residents who share an interest in learning about and observing nature.  The club members are interested primarily in bird study, but enjoy all aspects of the natural sciences.  Meetings are generally held at the Texas Zoo at 7:00 PM on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May. A field trip is sometimes held the Saturday following each meeting. The club sponsors an annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count and holds a spring picnic for members. A monthly newsletter, De Rerum Natura, is published from September to May.

The Willam Henry Schroeder Island Bird Sanctuary

The newest sanctuary of the Texas Ornithological Society.  For a location map click the above link.  Plant and bird lists are under development.

Magic Ridge:  The Zimmerman Road Project

With the Texas Ornithological Society and the Texas Nature Conservancy, the Golden Crescent Nature Club is working to establish a sanctuary on this important coastal shell ridge in Calhoun County.  Check here in the near future to download the management plan (as PDF).

The Central Coast Bird Sightings Database:

Operating since 1991 to consolidate and record sightings of early, late, out-of-range, high numbers, or otherwise unusual sightings. Now merged with the Texas Clearinghouse.

The Seasonal Checklist for Birds of the Central Coast :

Data from the regional sightings database are periodically reviewed and the Seasonal Distribution Checklist is updated to reflect the changing status of area bird species.

Finding Birds on the Central Texas Coast

The mini-CD version is now available for a $10 donation to the club.

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