This week is a big biodiversity search in our DFW area but I have been unable to participate due to other circumstances. So today I took a walk in my yard. I discovered I had missed three moon blooms last evening as their blooms were now hanging listlessly on the vine. BUT there is the promise of two more coming and very soon.
Lu Anne Ray & Bob Mione – Talking quail
Lu Anne: I heard this sweet guy singing this morning and found him in our backyard. A little sun beam on a very cloudy, wet day. Many thanks to all the folks working on the bobwhite restoration project at the Connemara.
Deborah Canterbury – Ant Talk
PBS has a quick Gross Science edition just about Ant speak.
Linda Nixon – September Membership Report
Membership Totals: · 167-active members | 28-in-training | 312-inactive/interested members Total Re-Certifications: 60 New Re-Certifications: · Brendan Blackwell, Tony Manasseri, Michael Petrick, Mike Roome, Curtis Schulze, Greg Tonian, Sharon Wagner, Susan Wilson, Carter Woodridge Membership Changes: · Transferred in – Francis (Ted) Bauman (North Texas Chapter Class of 2018) · Re-Activated – Jim Manley (BPTMN Class of 2012)…
2020 September – Dr. George Diggs | Texas Native Plants and Climate Change
Dr. Diggs will briefly summarize the most recent evidence for climate change and will discuss his personal observations from Antarctica to the Arctic. It is now clear that climate change is having effects on plants and animals both around the globe and here in Texas.
Linda Nixon – Open Board Positions
Candidates for Board Positions The BPTMN Officer Nomination Committee is currently seeking members interested in serving in several open elected and appointed positions on the BPTMN board of directors. The following positions need to be filled: Vice President Elected position Term: 24 months, begins January 2021 Secretary Elected position Term: 24 months, begins January 2021…
Lisa Travis – Fall Socially Distant BioBlitz – DFW Urban Ecosystem
Are you ready for the DFW Fall BioBlitz? Here’s what you need to know to participate and do your part to make the BPTMN Team outrageously successful!
Beverly Carpenter – Favorite Finds in my yard this summer.
Favorite Finds in my yard this summer
LuAnne Ray – Neighborhood Snake Rescue
One evening last week about 8 pm my neighbor texted me about a snake half in and out of a hole in her backyard. Her first concern was is it venomous and second, why is it just hanging out and not moving?
Terry Comingore – Will they rebuild in the remains next year?
Remember these great photos of a heron nest at Maxwell Creek?