Name: Chester Island R/V Archimedes Boat Tour
SKU: 583
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Chester Island R/V Archimedes Boat Tour

$15.00

The Chester Island Tour offers a unique birding experience, as participants board the R/V Archimedes, The Texas Floating Classroom, for a journey like none other. Chester Island, a secluded rookery off the Texas mid-coast, holds a significant place in the history of bird conservation. Named after Chester Smith, a passionate conservationist, the island became central to saving the Brown Pelican population, which had faced near-extinction from pesticide use in the mid-20th century. Smith’s efforts in establishing this sanctuary were instrumental in reviving the species.

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Description

Meet location: Bauer Community Center

Description-Habitat: Island Rookery

Birds Expected: 20-100

Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant , Neotropic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Laughing Gull, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer

Birds Possible: Magnificent Frigatebird, Crested Caracara, American Avocet, American Oystercatcher

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