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Making Your Yard A Safe Haven For Opossums And Other Wildlife

Renee Dowhaniuk, Class of 2023 – Plant bushes, trees, and vines next to your fence to allow the opossum to climb down into your yard for a visit. Once your trees mature, allow some branches with leaves to hang down upon the fence, which will become the opossum’s highway along its nightly route, visiting different yards.

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A Vulture Valentine: Petunia’s Sweet Treat

Tina Burke, Class of 2024 – Happy Valentine’s Day! I had the honor of making Valentine’s boxes this week at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center.

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Great Wildlife Moment in Collin County

Susan Abernethy, 2018 I thought this may be worth putting on the website under great wildlife moment, Lynx rufus at my next door neighbor’s front yard on February 26, 2022.

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Clyde’s Screech Owl box – Wildlife VRBO

Clyde Camp, 2011 Clyde has had little luck with the residents of his screech owl box making it through birth and fledging. You will laugh out loud at the attached… Read More →

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Tom’s Backyard

Tom Shackelford, 2018 – President We spend time in our back yard almost every day and sometimes I am quick enough to snap a shot with my phone. Two years… Read More →

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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 →

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Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Update

Written By Richard Heilbrun, TPWD Richard Heilbrun, who is well known by TMN’s and is Program Leader at Texas Parks & Wildlife Department,has been actively involved with The Recovering America’s… Read More →

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Thousands of Trees and City Challenges, Oh My!

By: Deborah Canterbury Dave Powell is constantly widening our net of experience and consulting. 2021 will bring great chapter project opportunities and chances for others to learn from Dave’s city… Read More →

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Heard Trail Topping

By: Deborah Canterbury It was a joint effort between the Heard animal team, the Celina based concrete company and volunteers including Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists who received emergency approval to… Read More →

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Bob Mione & Lorelei Stierlen – New Meaning to When I am calling you

Currently, about 70 quail have been relocated to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center and can be heard calling all over the property. This video is of the first release.