Smith Point/Anahuac Bird and Bay Trip

On Saturday, October 11, 2025, 9:30 am, the Houston Sierra Club will meet at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Smith Point, Chambers County.

At the WMA we’ll visit a “Hawk Watch” observation platform to look for raptors and other birds. Later we’ll drive to Trinity Bay and look for shorebirds.

We’ll then drive to Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge to eat our lunch, bird, and enjoy the natural scenery. If time permits, we’ll visit the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex Office and enjoy a board walk through a cypress swamp on Lake Anahuac.

The link below has a participant sign-in agreement (liability waiver). Please read this before our outing so you know what it says, sign-in quickly at the WMA, and proceed with the outing. [Sign-Up Sheet 2-2020.pdf (sierraclub.org)](https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/range-of-light-group/PDFs/Sign-Up%20Sheet%202-2020.pdf)

If anyone has COVID symptoms or is sick don’t come! We want everyone safe. Going on this outing, we’ll be with people who are vaccinated/unvaccinated. It’s each person’s choice to participate on this outing.

Group size is limited to 20 people. Bring plenty of water, lunch, snacks, sunscreen, hat, field guides, binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, bug repellent, and comfortable shoes and clothes. Long pants are recommended. It may be hot, so plan accordingly.

Those who want to carpool/caravan meet at 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot just west of Starbucks (near Becks Prime) in Meyerland Plaza (4700 block of Beechnut, south side, near West Loop South). Look for a gray Honda CRV.

Coordinates: latitude 29 degrees 31 minutes 52 seconds North and longitude 94 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West.

Sign-up on the Houston Sierra Club Outings Meet-up site. Your leader, Brandt Mannchen, can be contacted at 281-570-7212 or email: [brandtshnfbt@juno.com](mailto:brandtshnfbt@juno.com).