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Program Events

Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society offers informative and interesting programs and exceptional speakers with slide shows to teach and thrill members and guests at the monthly chapter meetings. The board diligently pursues a full array of interests to promote better understanding of the birding world and to have entertaining yet educational programs.

Guest are welcome.  There is no Heard Museum charge for attending the chapter meeting.

To suggest a program speaker or subject, contact Denise Dengler, program chairperson, 972-208-7448.

Meeting time - 6:30 pm

The PTAS meeting place is in the Science Resource Center at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069. 
Latitude, longitude: 33.1574751, -96.615278.

Directions: After passing through the gate continue straight passed the museum building to the end of the road.  The large building is the SRC.

Below is what we have in store for the upcoming months:

Tuesday, April 24, Restoration of South Texas Wildlands

6:30 Social Time
6:50 Bird ID Class: Specimens: Miscellaneous
7:15 Business meeting
7:30 Main Program - Restoration of South Texas Wildlands, an integrated approach to restore ocelot habitation presented by Rob Jess, Project Leader and Kimberly Wahl-Villarreal, Plant Ecologist, South Texas Refuge Complex comprising Laguna Atascosa, Lower Rio Grande Valley and Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuges.
8:30 Adjourn

Tuesday, May 22, Picnic/potluck

6:30 Social Time and potluck dinner
7:15 Business meeting
7:30 Main Program - Birds of Paradise!  And Some Other Birds to Cover,  Papua New Guinea, New Britain, and even some Australian birds. presenred by Dr. Doug Wood.
8:30 Adjourn

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