Bessie Cornelius

Beaumont | Birder

Ms. Cornelius was a birder based in Beaumont, Texas who helped in preserving a number of important bird sanctuaries, including the Audubon sites at Smith Woods, Boy Scouts Woods, Bolivar Flats, and Sydney Island, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service property at McFaddin National Wildife Refuge, as well as other sites in Southeast Texas.