Neches River Field Trip

On Memorial Day Weekend Shelia and I joined Gina Donovan and the Houston Audubon Society for a field trip to float the Neches River. Although the field trip was planned for the participants to stay at a hotel in Lufkin, we had made arrangements to camp and meet up with the rest of the group on Saturday morning for the field trip. We camped at Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area, the same place we camped for Christmas 2008, and even the same campsite.



We brougnt our own kayaks and were really glad that we had. There were some "technical" spots on the river that they made really easy to navigate.



After the Neches River part of the weekend, we birded around the campground, especially the Big Slough area. It's beautiful and really fun to see and hear all of the birds there.