Come down the Gulf Freeway (I-45) and take 61st Street right, entering Galveston. Turn right on the Seawall and you'll leave town in about five minutes. The Seawall ends, but you stay on the same four-lane road. Where it becomes two-lane in Jamaica Beach, go 1.6 miles further, and turn right into Indian Beach. Take the FIRST right (quickly), which is Shaman, the road turns left 90 degrees, and dead ends into the cul-de-sac where my driveway is.

Week of great birding at the amazing height of the spring bird migration. You may register for the entire week for $400, or pay $100/day according to your schedule. In late April, the trees drip with warblers and other songbird migrants and the shorelines are filled with breeding plumaged shorebirds and rare species as well. We visit all the good places and have fantastic results!

Spring Migration Photo Workshop: Spend five days shooting amazing shorebirds and songbirds all over the Upper Texas Coast. You’ll shoot well over a hundred species and learn a lot about avian photography and the best places to photograph them. Transportation is in Jim’s van and some shooting at his house. $300

Meet at Jim’s at 7 am and work the West End of Galveston all day for beautiful spring-garb shorebirds, fantastic spring migrants and whatever else we can find. Finish late afternoon. $30 [We will also be contributing to the Spring Bird Count that day.]

It should be a great (though long) field trip. We’ll return down 146 and avoid the ferry. Meet at Galveston PO at 8 am and return around 6 pm. Long day; great birds. Loads of fresh and saltwater shorebirds, songbird migrants, marsh species and rice field specialties. $50

Meet at my house at 9 am, have lunch together at noon and bird till 3:30 pm. $30 Many great species are more common in early May like Mourning&Canada Warblers, Philly Vireo, empids, etc. See great birds and beat the traffic. $30

We'll walk down Kirby Trail, eat lunch at the incomparable Mama Jack’s and an afternoon walk through the insectivorous bogs of the National Forest on Sundew Trail. Great way to end the year. $50