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Laurissa Noack

noackLaurissa fell in love with birding while completing estuarine field research at Texas A&M University Galveston. She grew up in the Texas Panhandle exploring the flora and fauna of national and Texas state parks on family vacations. She has birded the Texas Gulf coast extensively, competed in the Great Texas Birding Classic, and led TAMUG students on birding field trips for courses.

Upcoming Events

April 2025
April 24 @ 12:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Birders will find this workshop/field trip combo the perfect introduction to coastal birding. During the workshop, your guides will give a brief discussion about the diversity of species, as well as various techniques to identify birds on the Upper Texas Coast. We will then board our bus and proceed to the East End Lagoon Nature Preserve beach area where you’ll see Black Skimmer, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, and many species of shorebirds, gulls, terns, sandpipers, plovers, and more. Stops along the way will highlight birds preferring marsh habitat.

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April 25 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

This workshop/field trip combo is for beginning birders learning the fundamentals and those wanting to brush up on their birding skills. The one-hour workshop will introduce you to learning how to get started and improve birding skills, techniques, and confidence. Topics include birding practices, optics selection and use, field guides, bird identification considerations and techniques, field notebooks, birding etiquette and ethics, and common birds of Galveston Island. Emphasis will be placed on the field identification of common species After a…

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