Workdays Galleries

Devon Workday, October 2009 : Devon Energy Company volunteers hold an annual workday on Sundown Island. This effort is organized by Lynn Travis and Barbara Van Horn. Warden Chester Smith would like to thank all of the volunteers for their contributions to making it a successful rookery for colonial waterbirds, in particular the Brown Pelican.

Devon Workday, October 2009

Devon Energy Company volunteers hold an annual workday on Sundown Isla ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2009 5:13am PST

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Updated: Jan 11, 2009 12:16pm PST

Devon Energy Workday, October 2008 : Devon Energy Company volunteers hold an annual workday on Sundown Island. This effort is organized by Lynn Travis and Barbara Van Horn. Warden Chester Smith would like to thank all of the volunteers for their contributions to making it a successful rookery for colonial waterbirds, in particular the Brown Pelican.

Devon Energy Workday, October 2008

Devon Energy Company volunteers hold an annual workday on Sundown Isla ...

Updated: Nov 14, 2008 3:59am PST

2008 Spring Workday Volunteers : 
  
    Seventeen volunteers assembled for the 2008 Sundown Island Spring Workday.  It took three boats to transport the volunteers to the island.  The Pelican (Nancy Posey), the Gull (Tim and Peggy Wilkinson) and the Audubon's Egret II (Chester Smith, Ed Taylor and Ronnie Zetik).
It was a great workday for the island!  Be sure to view the PHOTOS OF THE BIRDS too!

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2008 Spring Workday Volunteers

Seventeen volunteers assembled for the 2008 Sundown Island Spr ...

Updated: Mar 25, 2008 3:17am PST

2008 Spring Workday Birds : 
  
    Volunteers landed at the Southeast end of the Island to the site of hundreds of American White Pelicans, camped in with the Brown Pelicans.  The White  Pelicans were staging for their return home to their nesting grounds while the Brown Pelicans had already set up nesting sites and many were sitting on eggs. Warden Chester Smith said that breeding season seems to have started about two weeks early this year.
Breeding activity seemed to be two weeks ahead of schedule. Be sure to view the VOLUNTEER PHOTOS too!

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2008 Spring Workday Birds

Volunteers landed at the Southeast end of the Island to the si ...

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 7:08pm PST

2007 Devon Energy Fall Workday :

2007 Devon Energy Fall Workday

Updated: Oct 28, 2007 4:30am PST

2007 Audubon Spring Workday : Chester Smith, Warden of Sundown Island and David Newstead, Manager of the Audubon Colonial Waterbird Program, lead other Audubon employees for the 2007 Sundown Island spring workday. It started out as a very foggy morning.

2007 Audubon Spring Workday

Chester Smith, Warden of Sundown Island and David Newstead, Manager of ...

Updated: Mar 30, 2007 4:01am PST

2006 Devon Energy Fall Workday : Approximately 16 volunteers showed up for the Devon sponsored 2006 Fall Workday to help plant trees, kill fire ants, mow paths, pick up trash, and generally get the island ready for the winter inhabitants.

2006 Devon Energy Fall Workday

Approximately 16 volunteers showed up for the Devon sponsored 2006 Fal ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2006 8:02pm PST

2006 Spring Workday : These photos were taken at the Sundown Island Spring Workday. Volunteers work together to get the island ready for breeding season.

2006 Spring Workday

These photos were taken at the Sundown Island Spring Workday. Voluntee ...

Updated: Jun 09, 2006 3:58am PST

2005 Fall Workday : Fall 2005 Workday on Sundown Island

2005 Fall Workday

Fall 2005 Workday on Sundown Island

Updated: Nov 03, 2005 9:01pm PST

2005 Spring Workday : Spring 2005 Workday on Sundown Island

2005 Spring Workday

Spring 2005 Workday on Sundown Island

Updated: Mar 01, 2005 10:38pm PST