By Deborah Canterbury with Photos by Shari Navarette In the era BPL (Before Pandemic Lockdown) we had a member, Shari Navarette, volunteer to be the chapter photographer. That job was… Read More →
Shaking of the Trees Post
Doves nest location choices
By Clyde Camp, 2011 and Beverly Carpenter, 2013 Doves are not good nest builders as is apparent from photos from Clyde Camp and Beverly Carpenter. Beverly’s example is in a… Read More →
Jim’s Crowned Night Herons Update
Remember the Golden crowned night herons that have nested in Jim Dulian’s yard? (See Below for article and photos) They came back, hung around a bit, decided they did not like… Read More →
An Acquaintance
By Sally Evans, Member Emeritus and Class of 2000. A cotton tailed rabbit in my garden dwells, lifting its nose to smell the smellsAnd lifting its ears to hear the… Read More →
Winter Ducks at Russell Creek Park
By John Garbutt, 2014 To some, winter and Uri are now four letter words never to be spoken again as we enter spring. As a birder, the harbinger of spring,… Read More →
Native Plant Garden at Plano Heritage Farmstead
By Bryan Beck, 2017 The native plant garden at the Plano Heritage Farmstead Museum has been through a lot in the past month or so. First, came the boot-deep snows… Read More →
Quail Quest 2021
By Bob Mione, 2012 The past three years, Kristin and Mark Payne have incubated and brooded BW quail chicks for us at Connemara. When the BW’s were old enough, normally… Read More →
Bend in the River
By Greg Tonian, 2016 We came together at the river bend, To witness flowing milky blue green water, Laden with Llano Estacado dust, pulsing its lode toward the Matagorda Bay…. Read More →
Volunteers for Heard Plant Sale Needed
By Carol Clark, Laura Ragen, Fran & Bill Woodfin et al 2010, 2014, 2007 Best Testimonial ever: “A lot of what I have learned about native plants came from attending… Read More →
Curious George Settles in for the Day
By Clyde Camp, 2011 Curious George arrives at about 20 seconds into the video link and settles in for the day. He’s verbally accosted by a couple of jays and… Read More →