Docent Training on April 12th, 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Reserve your spot today! Do you love butterflies and native plants, like to learn new things, enjoy being outdoors and meeting… Read More →
Current News
Beginning Birding Course
Dr. Wayne Meyer will be leading classes in how to identify and enjoy local birds this spring. Starting in mid-March, just as the temperatures should start to warm up, the classes… Read More →
New ‘little blue bee’ species discovered in Texas and Oklahoma
Photo courtesy of James Hung
All About Skunks!
Article submitted by Leah Justice from the Class of 2021 titled “The Eastern Spotted Skunk”, a Texas Monthly Article from Author Sasha von Oldershausen
My Favorite Things through the Four Seasons: Autumn
John W. Garbutt, Class of 2019- For me, in my youth, I always began thinking of autumn as something in relation to football and Thanksgiving. Now as an adult and birder, the season begins with migration in August. On the morning of the 16th a steady stream of Upland Sandpipers called above on their journey south. It was as if they were attempting to pull the sun lower in the sky and shorten the days toward autumn behind each subsequent wave.
A Favorite Place
John W. Garbutt, Class of 2019- It is a place that you wake at 0100 for so you can arrive before sunrise. At dawn, you set out on the trail, the day’s trailblazer, the brim of your hat cobwebbed. Canyon Wrens great the day with song. An elk bugles in the distance.
The Friends of Hagerman NWR Refuge Roundup was a Big Success, Thanks to TMN Volunteers!
Submitted by Patricia Crain, Class of 2018 The Refuge Roundup festival on the Second Saturday in October is always a big day for the Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge,… Read More →
Wanted: Nature Tram Tour Drivers at Hagerman NWR
Posted by Patricia Crain, Class of 2018 Would you enjoy sharing your love of nature with interested tourists and visitors of a National Wildlife Refuge? The Friends of Hagerman NWR… Read More →
Rewilding Sticker Hill: Is it Finally Fall?
By Karen Glenn BPTMN, Posted by Patricia Crain Class of 2018 Article V of the Rewilding Series Leaves are beginning to drop from trees and shrubs, summer plants are drying… Read More →
Texas Pollinator Bioblitz, October 11th – 27th, 2024
Observers can share their photos and videos on Instagram and Facebook (#TXPollinators). Pollinators can be difficult to identify, so observers are encouraged to post what they know, which may be a simple description of the species or its behavior.