3.5-minute video. ShakeUp Music recomposed The Magic Flute Papageno/Papagena Duet into a colourful Mozart bird aria. Listen to an audiovisual Twitterstorm performed by our feathered fellows.
Flora and Fauna
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 🙂
Mike Merchant – Insects in the City blog
I am a stalker of AgriLife guru Mike Merchant. He posted this link and thoroughly enjoyed it. BTW he started his master naturalist journey through BPTMN!
Mike Sills presents Forest Health: The Advance of the Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer is a destructive non‐native wood‐boring pest of ash trees. Native to Asia, the emerald ash borer beetle (EAB) was unknown in North America until its discovery… Read More →
Clyde Camp – Screech Owls 2020 – Two Failed Nest Attempts
Last year about this same time (late June), I wrote an article entitled Screech Owls in Suburbia describing our (their) success in raising four chicks. This year we, 2020, had another pair but with quite different results. All material, from this year and last, including 98+ videos for 2020, is available as links from http://crcamp.com/owls.
Sally’s Secret Garden
Experience the Sounds of Katydids and Rio Grande Chirping Frogs as Sally Evans does in her secret garden.
Interested in Frog Calls
Interested in frog calls? Here is just one of the many videos available from the Texas Nature Trackers.
Jean Suplick – Discover the Birds in Your Yard and Garden
With us all hunkered down at home, there has been a worldwide spike in eBird.org observations by citizen scientists. If you’re one of those staying home with more time to gaze out the window, wander in the yard, or play in the garden, consider starting your own list of yard birds and contribute to the eBird database of avian observations.
Blackland Prairie Rapter Center Update
As of June 18 Raptor Center rehab has treated 275 birds.
Shaking the Trees 5th Edition 06/1/20
Birds, Bees, Flowers…Stuff
Take a look at answers to the quiz in Edition 4, fledgling growth, knocked out birds and what our leaders collect.
Join in the fun and provide your type of elixir during this dry spell of sharing nature on foot.