Birding Artist Boat’s Coastal Heritage Preserve by Golf Cart is the perfect outing for those with mobility challenges. (This field trip is not available for those using wheelchairs.) Sit back and enjoy birding the Anchor Bay Peninsula of the Coastal Heritage Preserve from the comfort of the new Artist Boat electric golf cart with Executive Director Karla Klay! Guests will travel across a one-mile-long elevated peninsula strewn with wood motts, small freshwater wetlands, and tremendous views of saltmarshes, mudflats, coastal prairies, piers, and Galveston Bay.
Spring migration on the Preserve has hosted up to 119 species identified in a 24-hour period. The spring prairie is famous for heaps of Indigo and Painted Buntings, Dickcissel, Bobolink, and more feasting on dew berries. From different vantage points, one can find neotropic migrants, resident birds, shorebirds, terns, and pelicans from the peninsula. At dusk we will watch the dramatic sunset across the prairie and preserve. It’s all absolutely spectacular!
The Preserve is a 1,039+ acre conservation area and utilized for educational purposes. This is special and private access. Migration events have hosted moments of seeing thousands of buntings at one time on the prairie, hundreds of tired little green herons, and 10-20 resting magnificent frigate birds. If you want to see how ecosystems work and what ecosystem feeding means, this is the adventure for you. And this guide is for you. Karla is enamored always with the entire field of view and helping people learn how and when to find what bird in Galveston. Don’t come to identify birds, come to see!
Scopes, Binoculars, and Cameras Welcome
Golf cart does not accommodate wheelchairs. This trip is not intended for those who use wheelchairs but those who might have other mobility issues and are unable to walk 3 miles on uneven ground.
The golf carts are equipped with seat belts but the ride can be rough and bouncy as you will not be traveling on a paved surface.
Please note that anything you bring with you on the trip, MUST fit in your lap! There’s no storage space on the golf cart.
Only registered attendees will be allowed on this trip.
Bring: water, snacks, sunscreen, insect repellent
Directions will be emailed prior to the festival.
