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Galveston Bay Eco-Paddle Association

Mission Statement
The intent of the Galveston Bay Eco-Paddle is three fold as follows:
  1. To survey wildlife and habitat quality in the Bay system;
  2. To increase public awareness of the natural resources in the Bay system;
  3. To monitor the effects of human impact on the already polluted system.

 Segment 1

Launch Date: August 21, 2005

Site: Seascape, Seabrook

Time: 09:08

Species: 18            

             

Birds:
  Brown pelicans 38
  Herring gulls 10
  Laughing gulls undetermined
  Royal terns 10
  Snowy egrets 6
  Tricolored herons 2
  Morning doves 2
  Rock doves 6
  Willets 3
  Pileated woodpecker 1
  Immature little blue herons 2
  Cormorants 3
Other:
  Atlantic bottlenose dolphins 6
  Cannonball jellyfish 12
  Fiddler crabs
  Darners
  Mullets
  Menhaden

Disembark Date: August 21, 2005

Site: Shellbeach in Shoreacres

Time: 11:30

 

 

Segment 2

Launch Date: November 12, 2005

Site: Seabrook Boat Ramp

Time: 09:42

Species: 18                         

 

Birds:
  Brown pelicans 190
  Caspian terns 2
  Common terns 107
  Cormorants 34
  Great blue herons 5
  Herring gulls 27
  Killdeers 10
  Laughing gulls 1336
  Mallards 28
  Monk parakeets 2
  Osprey 1
  Ring-billed gull 1
  Rock doves 48
  White pelicans 7
  Willets 2
Other:
  Flounder 1
  Cannonball jellyfish 1
  Monarch butterfly 1

         

Disembark Date: November 12, 2005

Site: Seabrook Boat Ramp

Time: 15:19

 

Segment 3

Launch Date: March 11, 2006

Site: Shellbeach, Shoreacres

Time: 10:44

Species: 39

                              

Birds:
  Barn swallows 7
  Black skimmers 420
  Black vultures 1
  Blue-winged teals 18
  Bronze-headed cowbirds 5
  Brown pelicans 130
  Cliff swallows 3
  Common terns 15
  Cormorants 471
  Eared grebes 5
  Great blue herons 7
  Great egrets 4
  Greater scaups 45
  Herring gulls 122
  Killdeers 10
  Laughing gulls 800
  Loons 4
  Mergansers 25
  Oystercatchers 4
  Purple martin 1
  Red-winged blackbirds 5
  Royal terns 14
  Ruddy turnstones 5
  Sanderlings 18
  Snowy egrets 5
  Solitary sandpipers 3
  Spoonbills 5
  White pelicans 93
  Willets 2
Other:
  Blue crabs
  Cabbagehead jellyfish
  Deer (tracks)
  Mosquitoes
  Opossums (tracks)
  Otters (tracks)
  Oysters
  Rabbits (pellets)
  Raccoons (tracks)
  Warf roaches (check name)

        

Disembark Date: March 12, 2006

Site: Shellbeach, Shoreacres

Time: 13:00

Segment 4

Launch Date: September 2, 2006

Site: Ft. Anahuac

Time: 09:15

Species: 38 (plants not included)

         

Birds:
  Black-bellied plover 1
  Black-necked stilts 33
  Black skimmers 212
  Black vultures 13
  Brewer’s blackbirds 6
  Brown pelicans 136
  Cliff swallows 2
  Common terns 210
  Cormorants 41
  Crow 1
  Great blue herons 26
  Great egrets 91
  Herring gulls 37
  Hummingbird 1
  Ibises 150
  Killdeers 15
  Laughing gulls 91
  Least terns 28
  Little blue heron 19
  Morning dove 4
  Mockingbirds 2
  Osprey 7
  Oystercatchers 3
  Red-winged blackbirds    5
  Reddish egret 3
  Royal terns 3
  Sanderlings 15
  Snowy egrets 111
  Solitary sandpipers 2
  Spoonbills 90
  Tricolored heron 4
  Turkey vulture 1
  White pelicans 5
  Wrens 2
Other:
  Darner 300
  Feral pigs 2
  Menhaden
  Redfish
  Stingray
Plant life:
  Bamboo
  Cord grass
  Live oak
  Pine trees
  Trumpet vines
  Weeping Willow
         

Disembark Date: September 3, 2006

Site: Ft. Anahuac

Time: 12:16

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

     For the calendar of events, go to the Galveston Bay Eco-Paddle Association website and click on Events:

     http://www.ecopaddle.org/

    

         

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