Sunshine Country Club Estates

Sent 2026-01-17: Birding & Nature Club speaker -  

Reminder: Birding and Nature Club Speaker, Monday, February 2nd will be Keith Hackland, proprietor of Alamo Inn, Alamo, TX, who will be speaking to us on the RGV bird migratory patterns. The meeting will be at 7PM in Retzlaff Hall, Monday, February 2nd. All are welcome. See you soon.

- Tom Stone, President,   Birding and Nature Club

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Sent 2026-01-17: Birding and Nature Club meeting minutes -  

Birding and Nature Club Minutes

 

January 5, 2026

Meeting was called to order by President Tom Stone

There were 28 people present

Unfortunately our speaker John Yochum who was going to speak about the lower RGV Magic did not make the meeting.

Last month’s minutes were not available.

Financials: the balance of the checkbook is $2990.74 with no activity since last month.

Brenda made a motion, 2nd by Ralph to accept the report, motion passed.

Old Business: Judy Stone reported on the bird feeding project. Mary will check into different types of signs for the trees and also the cost of signs.

New Business: Tom asked for volunteers to head up the nominating committee for 2026-2027. Dave volunteered to head this committee.

There is a field trip being planned to go to Resaca De La Palma state park in March of 2026. Tom will set it up with the park so we have a tram.

Ralph gave a report on the end of the year bird count, the total species seen was 71.

The most numerous bird was the Grackle, 2nd was Black Bellied Whistlers and 3rd was pigeons. They did see 27 green parakeets.

Deb Gossman gave a presentation about the new garden that is by the bird feeder. She had a power point showing the whole process

The next meeting will be February 2. 2026 in Retzlaff hall. Our speaker will be Keith Hackland from the Alamo Inn.

Motion by Miles, 2nd by Ralph to adjourn

- Tom Stone

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Sent 2026-01-03: Birding and Nature club speaker -  

Reminder: Birding and Nature Club Speaker, Monday, January 5th will be John Yochum, Park Ranger at Estero Llano Grande State Park, who will be speaking to us on the Rio Grande Valley magic. This will be of interest, as it pertains to the many unique flora and fauna of the RGV. The meeting will be at 7PM in Retzlaff Hall, Monday, January 5th. All are welcome. See you soon.

- Tom Stone, President     Birding and Nature Club

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Sent 2025-12-01: REMINDER: B&N Club Speaker Mon Evening, Dec 1 -  

Technology glitch and I hadn't received this from Deb Jones over the weekend, so I hope all who wanted to attend can do so.     - Beth Parrish

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Reminder: Birding and Nature Club Speaker, Monday, Dec 1 will be Local Naturalist and Botany expert, Mike Heep, who will be speaking to us on the topic of Citrus in the Rio Grande Valley. This will be of interest, as many of us have citrus trees nearby. The meeting will be at 7PM in Retzlaff Hall, Monday, Dec 1. All are welcome. See you soon.     - Deb Jones, Secretary     Birding and Nature Club