Curriculum Vitae

Darrell Vollert
P.O. Box 27
Chappell Hill, Texas 77426
Phone: 979-251-4986
Website: www.DarrellVollertNatureTours.com

Native of Washington County, Texas

    Intense study of ornithology and Natural Sciences began in 1997

    Licensed bird bander since August 2002

    Conduct bird surveys for landowners in southeast Texas

    Conduct the Burton Breeding Bird Survey and the Oak Grove 2 Breeding Bird Survey
    for the U.S. Geological Survey each June

    Author birding information for inclusion in Mary Brown's Chappell Hill News column for the
    Brenham Banner-Press

    Teacher for a beginning birder's course for Xtra Education through the Bryan/College Station
    Parks Department

    Speaker at various groups and organizations about birds and bird birding

    Trip Leader for the Texas Ornithological Society, Rio Brazos AudubonSociety,
    Houston Audubon Society, and Houston Outdoor Nature Club- Ornithology Group

    Founding member of Chappell Hill BirdFest organizing committee

    Organized with Mike Overton Texas Ornithological Society field trips in southeast Texas

    Tour Leader for Nature and Avian Tours in Texas and SW Louisiana

    Compiler for the Gibbons Creek (Grimes County) Christmas Bird Count (CBC)

    Participant in the College Station CBC and and Freeport CBC

    Field trip coordinator for Rio Brazos Audubon Society of Bryan/College Station

    Member of the National Audubon Society, Texas Ornithological Society,
    American BirdingAssociation, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, American Bird Conservancy,
    Native Plants Society, and The Nature Conservancy