This calendar includes Heartwood’s scheduled chapter, volunteer, and training events.
For a list of unscheduled (work at your own pace) volunteer activities, check out the approved chapter activities: Heartwood Volunteer Projects
Want to suggest a new volunteer opportunity?
Want to suggest a new advanced training opportunity?
- This event has passed.
Boat Tour to North Deer Island Rookery
May 13, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
$100 – $150We are once again offering our popular Boat Tour to North Deer Island Rookery on Saturday, May 13, from 9:30-11:30am. This is a private Birding for Fun charter aboard the SS Seagull II, a 45-passenger open air catamaran, departing from the Texas Seaport Museum, 2200 Wharf Rd, Galveston, TX 77550, in Galveston. The event is approved for 2 hours of AT.
This special birding and photography tour aboard the SS Seagull II will give you a rare chance to view the North Deer Island Rookery, which is located in Galveston Bay between Tiki Island and West Galveston. The protected shorelines of this and other small nearby islands host over 12,000 nesting pairs of birds of 17 different species, including Brown Pelicans, Roseate Spoonbills and Reddish Egrets. The boat will drift around this protected, no-trespassing rookery, while we observe nesting birds in their full breeding plumage. The viewing distance will be determined by the tides and prevailing winds.
During this wonderful boat ride to and from the rookery, you will see many bay birds in flight, such as Brown Pelicans, American Avocets, various species of terns, cormorants, gulls, Reddish Egrets, Tricolored Herons, and Magnificent Frigatebirds. We will also see pods of dolphins.
For more information and to register at the early bird rate of $100/person, please visit https://tinyurl.com/BFF-BoatTour. (Rate increases to $150/person after April 15th; registration deadline May 1, 2023.)
Price of parking in museum parking lot is not included in tour fee. Ages 12 to adult.
Minimum of 20 participants required for tour to occur.
We only offer this tour once per year, so please register soon if you’re interested!
Kristine Rivers
AT: Single Presentation (Kristin Rivers – Boat Tour to North Deer Island Rookery)
