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- Start a New Habitat
Doug Tallamy inspires TMNCPC members to get on the map! Resolutions involving the greater community are easy to keep. - Christmas Bird Counts 2023-2024
Counting birds is as easy as 1-2-3. Find a Christmas Bird Count circle near you late 2023 and go birding to ring in 2024! (Photo credit: S. Westveer) - Coastal Prairie Chapter Goes To McAllen
Once per year, Texas Master Naturalists meet in the field to learn and play. This year, we did it in McAllen. (Photo credit: Terri Hurley) - Seabourne “Nature Day” Kicks Off!
Another successful first for TMNCPC. A seasonal Seabourne Nature Day kicks off the first day of autumn! (Photo credit: Hoiman Low) - Migration: Hummingbirds, Monarchs, and Autumn Events
Migration is a behavior evolved among many animal species on Earth. (Photos credit: Shannon Westveer) - Citizen Science: Celebrate Moths, Bring Back the Night
We all need the night. Moths are the unseen nocturnal “butterflies” so we log them at night for cooler summer fun. (Photo credit: Brian Schrock, TMN Gulf Coast Chapter) - Community Outreach: Chapter WOWs, Event Information
Hannah Muegge and Chapter Workshops on Wheels are crucial to getting the TMN Mission out in the public. (Image credit: Shannon Westveer) - Winter Wildflowers: Don’t Mow, Let It Grow
Many of what we call weeds provide a valuable service for waking wildlife and untold beauty for us as spring arrives. (Photo: S. Westveer) - Coastal Prairie Heritage: Connecting Chapters, Bridging Past with Future
Jaime González leads the charge in connecting Houstonians, Master Naturalists to their historic prairie past. (Photo: S. Westveer) - Mussels: Texas’ Biofilters
Spring Training Class members learn the importance of freshwater mussels conservation from Dr. Charles Randklev of TAMU NRI. (Photo: S. Westveer) - SCNP WON!
We WON! - Up to the Minute!
Seabourne Creek’s Perk Your Park grant was promoted by VP Shannon Westveer LIVE on HCC-TV’s “Up to the Minute.” - TMNCPC to Offer Fall 2022 Training
Coastal Prairie Chapter offers Fall Training for those wanting to attend weekday classes at night. Sessions begin September 13 until December 10. - Beware: Asps!!
Texas”flannel moth” caterpillar or Asp. - Texas Falcons
Texas has various types of Falcons - Texas Red Winged Black Birds
Red Winged Black Birds abound in Texas. - Texas “Climax Forests”
What is a “climax” ecosystem? - Texas Dragonflies
Texas adult dragonfly with its 360- eye sight, rests, waiting for its next meal. - Texas Armadillos
Texas Armadillos - City Nature Challenge at SCNP
The flora and fauna of Seabourne Creek Nature Park helped the Houston-Galveston Team win most species observed in the USA during iNaturalist’s 2022 City Nature Challenge! - Crepuscular Texas Animals
Of what value is being crepuscular? - SCNP Hosts Girl Scouts for Earth Day!
For Earth Day 2022, Girl Scouts from the Lone Star Treasures community were invited to plant trees at Seabourne Creek Nature Park. Trees planted were oak, mulberry and cherry laurel. They were under the tutelage of the Coastal Prairie Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists Sandra Brown, Jim Butcher, Greg Hurley, Blair Margot, Margo Margot, Jerry Trenta, and Debby Wendt. - “Big Sit” at Seabourne Creek Nature Park
The Prairie Percher birding team of Seabourne Creek Nature Park participated in their annual “Big Sit” on Friday, April 22. - “Native” Texas Organisms?
What is native? What life forms are opportunistic? - Texas Cacti
Texas cacti - Categories of Birds
An altricial bird, a robin. - Lights Out Texas!
Dark night skies aid migration of birds. - Medicinal Plants of Texas
Common Texas plant molecules incorporated into human medicines - Texas Bears
Planning a Texas hiking or hunting trip? It’s wise to learn about Texas bear behavior. Listed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as a threatened native species, Texas Black Bear (Ursus americanus) are generally mild tempered and considered omnivores. - Texas Whooping Cranes
Texas Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) migrate 2,500 miles from their breeding grounds in Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast Aransas Wildlife Preserve near Austwell, Texas, where they spend the winter.