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I thank the person that responded to my request on my RSVP for other Activities to make my drive into Houston Worthwhile'

I plan to check this out Sat Morning , it is just a small detour off the 610 LOOP that I usually take to Onion Creek Coffee House!



Willow Waterhole Survey
Event Date: Saturday, 05/17/08 8:00 AM
Event Description:

An exciting new "park" is being developed in near southwest Houston. It's similar to Art Storey Park, in that it's a flood control project that's being built around large detention ponds created by Harris County Flood Control (HCFCD). And, like Art Storey Park, it's attracting water-loving birds even while construction is in progress. This new park is called Willow Waterhole Greenspace Reserve, and it will be an approximately 280-acre park when it's finished. Joy Hester has been leading birdwalks and doing bird surveys at the park for the last few months and entering the data into an eBird hotspot set up by John Berner. She's now organizing a monthly survey on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Please email her if you'd like to participate. (Joy Hester) Park on Ricecrest and meet at 8 AM at the gazebo on Willow Street. The first survey will be on January 19.

The park is located just outside the southwest corner of Loop 610. Go south on Chimney Rock past Bellfort; turn left at Westbury High School onto Gasmer. The park begins where Gasmer splits and becomes Willow to the left, Gasmer to the right. It extends all the way to Post Oak and even across Post Oak, although work hasn't begun yet on the other side of Post Oak. There's a paved path almost around one of the large basins, and one of the best places to see birds is off of Gasmer on Clematis where there's a turnaround overlooking one of the basins.

Joy's hope is to establish a good database so that we can track changes in the bird populations as the park develops and changes over time. For a list of the 75 species seen to date, see the eBird hotspot.

See you at the May Meetup:
The Houston Organic May Meeting

Or maybe Tuesday Evening at the Nature Center:

Bayou Barn at Sims Bayou Urban Natu?