Welcome to the Golden Triangle Audubon Society

Photo credit: Dana Nelson, Cattail Marsh, December 18, 2018

You are welcome to attend monthly meetings, featuring speakers on birding and natural history topics, and including a delicious member-provided evening meal -- with desserts! Our monthly field trips are fun and educational, and focus on locations along the coast, marshes, prairies, and forests of the area.

Membership Meeting

Thursday March 21 , 2024 7:00 p.m.

Garden Center, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont 

Kati Krouse

Founder and Executive Director of BEARS Etc. and

Vice Chair of Texas Black Bear Alliance

Kati will be presenting on Black Bears, specifically their historic and current range, updated sightings in Texas, how to be Bear Aware, and what BEARS Etc. and TBBA are doing to help them. 

Topics Include:

Why large carnivores are not pets

What individuals can do to change the laws

How you can help locally

Why BEARS Etc. is the organization to call to help with placement

Founded in 2017, BEARS Etc. is the nation’s first bear-centric sanctuary. Located in Walker County, Texas, it connects people with nature through education and awareness. It is building a state-of-the-art facility, providing a safe place for neglected, abused and unwanted bears that are a part of the exotic pet trade and giving them a PEACE of the Wild.

We plan to have the doors open no later than 6:00 p.m., the meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

Sabine Woods Work Day

Saturday March 9, 2024.

To prepare the Woods for Spring. We have some tools but expect to have to fill holes caused by armadillos and feral hogs, so please bring a spade if possible. Loppers and clippers may also be useful.

Field Trip to Bolivar Flats.

Saturday March 23, 2024

This trip will occur as spring shorebird migration is well under way, but while the wintering birds are mostly still present. Bolivar Flats is an internationally important shore-bird location. This trip offers an opportunity to compare many of the "true" shorebirds with lots of help in identifying them. If you want help in identifying, gulls, terns, plover or sandpipers, this is the trip for you.

Meet at the vehicle barrier at 9:00 a.m. From Winnie, take TX 124 south to High Island. At the shoreline, turn right (west) on TX 87 and proceed through Gilchrist and Crystal Beach until you reach the intersection where Loop 108 turns right (north). Turn left (the opposite way to Loop 108) along Rettilon Road. At the beach, if conditions permit (beware of soft sand), proceed onto the beach and turn right (west) about 1/2 mile to the vehicle barrier. Follow recent tire tracks, and be careful to avoid any cuts that may have developed. It takes at least 90 minutes to drive from the Golden Triangle. We will leave the vehicle barrier at about 8:45 a.m., although the group will be visually obvious on the flats should you be a few minutes late. Some walking is necessary on this field trip. If the tide is a long way out, the leaders may walk up to 1/2  mile or more from the vehicle barrier, but you can turnaround at any point.

Many participants will visit the High Island Sanctuaries as they head home.

Important Note: Galveston County operates a parking permit program on the Bolivar Peninsula. If you park on most parts of the beach, including the part next to the Flats, you must have a parking permit on your windshield. The fee for the permit is $10.00 a year and permits are obtainable from most merchants on the Bolivar Peninsula including the Big Store, which opens at 7:00 a.m.