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Galveston Bay Eco-Paddle Association

Mission Statement

The intent of the Galveston Bay Eco-Paddle is three fold as follows:

To survey wildlife and habitat quality in the Bay system;

To increase public awareness of the natural resources in the Bay system;

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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