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Conferences
Rainbow Skipper
Kathy Adams Clark
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NANPA Regional Forum -
Butterflies, the Border & Beyond
October 24-27, 2002 - McAllen, Texas
at the Holiday Inn Express
(Call 1-956-686-1741 and mention NANPA for discounted room rate)
! News Flash ! Field trips are now open to non-members for an additional $25 fee. And a 20% discount is being offered to students and 2nd person from the same address.
Grab your camera, traveling shoes, a friend and journey to South Texas for a weekend of photography. There will be opportunities to:
- Shoot with leading nature photographers
- Travel to a Mexican ranch, nature preserve or cloud forest
- Journey to Mexican colonial ruins
- Attend slide presentation on exciting field techniques
- Visit photo blinds for up close Green Jays & Javelina
- Socialize, share, learn
Event Brochure (PDF format)
Register online or download a form to register by mail.
Preliminary Program:
Thursday
Oct 24th | 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Registration - Holiday Inn Express McAllen Texas * |
| | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Happy Hour and Social Time * |
| | 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. | Shooting to Win the Valley Land Fund Photo Contest, slide show by Larry Ditto * |
| | 9:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Social Time * |
Friday
Oct 25th | 6:00 a.m. | Martin Refuge photo blind experience - departure; Rancho Del Cielo, MX with Larry Ditto - departure (returns late on the 27th) |
| | 7:00 a.m. | Laguna Atascosa & Sabal Palms - departure |
| | 7:30 a.m. | Butterfly photo experience - departure |
| | 8:00 a.m. | Rancho los Ebanos, MX with Ruth Hoyt - departure (returns 29th); Chipinque and Monterrey, MX with Sean Fitzgerald and Roberto Zambrano - departure (returns late on the 27th) |
| | 8:30 a.m. | Guerro Viejo, Mx day trip departure |
| | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Happy Hour and Social Time * |
| | 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. | South Texas Shooting, slide show by Steve Bentsen * |
Saturday
Oct 26th | 6:00 a.m. | Martin Refuge photo blind experience - departure |
| | 7:00 a.m. | Laguna Atascosa & Sabal Palms - departure |
| | 7:30 a.m. | Butterfly photo experience - departure |
| | 8:30 a.m. | Guerro Viejo, Mx day trip - departure |
| | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Happy Hour and Social Time * |
| | 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Bar-b-que dinner * (separate fee required) |
Sunday
Oct 27th | 6:00 a.m. | Martin Refuge photo blind experience - departure |
| | 7:00 a.m. | Laguna Atascosa & Sabal Palms - departure |
| | 7:30 a.m. | Butterfly photo experience - departure |
* Event open to all registrants
Your Photo Guides and Hosts
Great Kiskadee
Greg Lasley
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- Steve Bentsen – Respected nature photographer whose photo credits include Living Bird, Ranger Rick, Smithsonian, Outdoor Photographer and Audubon Calendars. Steve will lead the photo blind trips.
- Kathy Adams Clark – Charter member of NANPA and current member of the Board of Directors. Kathy owns a stock agency and teaches photography. Her work has been published in many places including Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Your Big Back Yard and the New York Times. Kathy will lead the butterfly trips.
- Larry Ditto – Co-winner of the 2000 Valley Land Fund Photo Contest, retired USF&W biologist whose photos have appeared in hundreds of publications including Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, National Wildlife, and Texas Parks & Wildlife. Larry will lead the trip to El Cielo.
- Sean Fitzgerald - Sean will be the photo leader for the Monterrey trip. He is a NANPA member, winner of the Central Coast Photo Contest in 2001, top winner in the Valley Land Fund Photo Contest in 2000, and cover artist for the Sept 2001 Professional Photographer Magazine.
- Ruth Hoyt – Ruth will lead the trip to Rancho los Ebanos. Ruth is a charter member of NANPA and formerly headed the NANPA Foundation Student Scholarship Program. Her work has been published in such places as National Geographic Books, The Nature Conservancy, AAA's Home and Away Magazine, and Michigan Living Magazine. She currently is the Director of the Valley Land Fund Photo Contest.
- Lawrence Löf – Larry is a Biology Professor at the University of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas, and Director of Rancho del Cielo.
- John Martin – Founder of the Valley Land Fund Photo Contest and current member of the NANPA Board of Directors. John has been instrumental in setting aside large tracts of land in southern Texas for wildlife habitat.
- Roberto Zambrano – Roberto is the local host for the Monterrey trip. He is head of Pronatura Noreste, the largest conservation organization in Mexico, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Nature Conservancy Texas and is an outstanding bird photographer.
Details on Individual Destinations
Guava Skipper
Larry Ditto
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- Trip 1: Martin Refuge Photo Blinds - Refuge Photo Blinds – John and Audrey Martin will open their photo blinds to participants on these trips. The area around the blinds has food and water so animals and birds are common. This is a great opportunity to photograph green jay, greater kiskadee, chachalaca, and javelina. Full day outing. Fee covers: transportation. All meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 2: Laguna Atascosa & Sabal Palms – Two of the best locations in the Rio Grande Valley to photograph. Laguna Atascosa is our destination in the morning, for some time in the photo blind and butterfly garden. Sabal Palms is the afternoon destination, for a chance to photograph in the last remaining palm forest in the area and in the fabulous butterfly gardens. Full day outing. Fee covers: transportation. All meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 3: Butterfly Photo Experience Every October the butterfly population in the Rio Grande Valley explodes. The tropical air could be thick with lime-green Lyside butterflies or Burnt-orange Snouts. Lavender Mistflower bushes might host queens, soldiers, Painted Lady and American Lady. Tropical butterflies like Peacock, Malachite, Blue Metalmark, Mexican Bluewing and Pixie are possibilities. Each trip will be geared to photograph the maximum number of butterfly species in the best flower gardens in the Rio Grande Valley. Full day outing. Fee covers: transportation. All meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 4: Rancho Los Ebanos is a working ranch on Mexico's Gulf Coast. Space is limited on this trip because the shooting is specialized. Targets will be birds, but mammals, like Coati and Ocelot, are possible. Accommodations are rustic, dormitory style. Trip leaves McAllen on Oct 25th and returns late on the 29th. Fee covers: accommodations, meals while at the ranch and transportation. Meals on the way to the ranch (lunch) and returning from the ranch (lunch and dinner) are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 5: Rancho Del Cielo Research Station - continuing education opportunity with the University of Texas Southmost College, a chance to stay in UT's Mexico research station in the northernmost tropical cloud forest in the Western Hemisphere. This preserve is protected and access is limited. Across the Tropic of Cancer, there will be tropical birds, bromeliads, waterfalls, and exotic butterflies. Experienced naturalists on site. Accommodations in Mexico are rustic and travel is rough (eight-hour van ride to the station). Meals are provided by the staff at the station. Trip leaves McAllen on October 25th and returns late on the 28th. Fee covers: accommodations, meals (at the station) and transportation. All other meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 6: Chipinque & Monterrey - Journey to the mountains around Mexico's second largest city. Chipinque, a stunning park on a forested mountain overlooking Monterrey, is Friday's destination. Butterflies such as Julia, Zebra and Mexican Silver-Spot are abundant. Saturday is a chance to see Horsetail Falls and rural Mexico. Sunday morning will be spent in La Estanzuela, a fifty-year-old city park with gorgeous gardens that are a magnet for tropical butterflies. This is a good chance to experience Mexico with an upscale flare. Trip leaves McAllen on Oct 25th and returns on the 27th. Fee covers: accommodations, breakfast at the hotel and transportation. All other meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Trip 7: Guerro Viejo was once a thriving town on the Mexican side of the border. It was flooded by a major reservoir project but recently uncovered by drought. The cathedral and plaza offer wonderful subjects for creative photography. A half-day visit to this site offers a small taste of travel into Mexico. Full day outing. Fee covers: transportation. All meals are the responsibility of the attendee.
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