

Turtle Bayou Nature Preserve
Chamber's County has a new site that has some great birding potential. The Galveston Bay Foundation just opened the Turtle Bayou Nature Preserve. I visited it yesterday for the first time and I wasn't there at a good time and still managed 24 species. The habitat is mixed and I suspect it will yield a good list with some birding. The north side of the preserve is pine forest with heavy undergrowth, mostly dense Trifoliate Orange. On the west side is a few water marsh. So the