Michelle Connally, Class of 2018 September 28, 2023 – Thursday, 6:00 PM Join us for an Online Zoom Deep Dive on Butterfly Survival Strategies. Butterflies already have it hard with… Read More →
Butterflies
Texans … USGS scientists want your dead butterflies, moths
Article Submission by Leah Justice, Class of 2021 – Check out this article about USGS Scientists want your dead butterflies, moths.
Hagerman for butterflies? – June 10, 2023
Sam Crowe, 2022 – On June 10, I took a trip up to Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge to see if there were any shorebirds still hanging around or maybe some already heading back south. I once saw a beautiful, breeding-plumaged American Golden Plover heading back south from their nesting range in the far north. No luck with the birds but the button bushes were blooming and the butterflies were taking advantage of the opportunity. I saw maybe 10 different species on one bush.
April 14th Deep Dive with Lisa and Rick Travis and Carol Clark
Charlise Hill-Larson, 2019 and 2021-2022 Vice President What do a couple of Master Naturalists do when, in very early spring, they find a multitude of Monarch caterpillars on a single… Read More →
Reflections on Sara Dykman’s Bicycling with Butterflies Book
Greg Tonian, 2017 –
Ideas are like Fireflies,
Brief flashes in the dark,
blinking.
Talk is cheap,
Life’s opportunities fleeting.
Dreams evaporate.
Yet Sara put mettle to pedal,
She set out on her quest,
Before it was too late.
Her goal was simple yet mad.
It would require lots of planning,
Lots of charts,
Though she wanted to be spontaneous,
A journey of this type,
Had many moving parts.
Courage and persistence she did not lack
She simply bicycled with the Monarchs,
From Mexico to Canada and back.
10,201 miles, 232 days,
Travelling countless byways.
Lisa Travis – Fall Socially Distant BioBlitz for DFW Master Naturalist Chapters
September 6–12, 2020 The first DFW Fall Socially Distant BioBlitz was a huge success! During these seven days, over 1100 people participated in the greater DFW 11-county area. Many of… Read More →
Laurie Sheppard – You can take the naturalist out of Texas but…
A few photos and facts from New Hampshire… You can take the Master Naturalist out of Texas (temporarily) but they will still seek to learn about the natural world wherever they are.
Lauri Diamond – Randie and Marvin – a Tale of Two Monarchs
I have really enjoyed learning about the monarchs and other butterflies and moths and this article is about what started the interest. The artwork at the end was inspired by my BPTMN nature walks 🙂