Protecting New Orleans' Environment:
For Our Families, For
Our Future
Join us for any of the outings you find below. Want to have some fun?
Sign up for one of our outings. The dates listed below are subject to
change. To get the latest details, call 1-504-836-3062.
Outings are subject to change. You must register for all trips in advance
by contacting New Orleans Group Outings Chair Jeff Grimes at nola.outings@gmail.com
or calling (504) 525-1528 x205.
Recent outing photos:
The photos at this
Web site were taken at a canoe outing on Bayou Bienvenue on the
Orleans / St. Bernard Parish line in the eastern part of the New Orleans
area.
Go to our events page to see more photos that
were taken on the above mentioned Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
(HCNA) and New Orleans Group Canoe outing.
September 2009
Fall Birding at Petite Coquille Island - NOT a Sierra Club outing
NEW ORLEANS – Fort Pike State Historic Site invites you to birding
activities Saturday September 5 and Sunday September 6 from 9 a.m. until
4 p.m. at the fort – on the most northeast point of Orleans Parish.
Birding expert Gary Lester of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries will set up a spotting scope at the fort’s new viewing
stand and answer questions. Why do birds migrate? What birds frequent
Petite Coquille marsh in the Fall? How do you identify birds on the
fly?
Newcomers and birding veterans alike are welcome. If you have them,
bring your binoculars. Color handouts provided. Participants will start
a Fort Pike Bird List. They will be encouraged to return and see what
birds other people have spotted.
Fort Pike was the first of 40 brick-and-mortar fortifications built
by President James Monroe in the mid-1800s. These forts stood guard
along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, protecting the country
from foreign aggression.
Fort Pike State Historic Site, placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1972, is located on U.S. 90 just south of the Rigolets
Bridge. Fort Pike SHS is open every day from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
with special programs on the first and third weekends of the month.
For more information and directions, visit www.lastateparks.com
Contact: Sara-Ann Harris
Phone: 504-255-9171
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