Hello birding friends, Getting to the end of the year and needing some more volunteer hours to hit your goal for 2024? Any birders that just have been waiting to… Read More →
📣 Spreading the Word: Prairie Oaks Master Naturalists Promote 2025 Training Class
Contributed by Paul Warner On Friday, September 20th, Judy and Paul Warner traveled from Dublin, to DeLeon, Comanche, Hamilton and Hico, disturbing flyers for the upcoming Prairie Oaks , Texas… Read More →
🐦 Fueling up for a long flight: Lights Out Texas
Spring Update and Fall Migration Alert 2024 For those of us that follow the Lights Out Texas program, here is an update from the Trinity River Audubon Center September 2024… Read More →
🧾 Recipes from Chapter Meetings
At our chapter meetings, members bring food and snacks. Below are some of our member’s favorite recipes: Easy BBQ Chicken Sliders (Slow Cooker) Contributed by Linda Wood Source: Texas CO-OP… Read More →
We ❤️ Messy Prairies: The Prairie at the Bosque Nature Center
By: Gordon Lee — The Bosque Nature Center is comprised of two elements, the pollinator garden and the prairie. The pollinator garden gets most of the attention with maintenance—weeding, watering,… Read More →
🦇 BATS AHOY! The TPWD TNT BAT Acoustic Monitoring Project
By: Marsha Stephens — In the summer of 2023, while watching a wildlife diversity webinar on horned lizards, I heard a brief mention of a possible new project within the… Read More →
🪞 Reflections on our Chapter Trip to the Davis Mountains
Contributions by Marsha Stephens, Dayna Inbody, Chris Inbody, Dave Moore, Wendy Moore, & Peggy Tolboom — In May, 20 members of the Prairie Oaks chapter traveled to the Davis Mountains… Read More →
💪 Work Days at the Nature Center
Thank you to our chapter members who work on our Nature Center! By: Peggy Tolboom — The native plant garden of the Bosque River Nature Center is an integral project… Read More →
🏆 Kudos! Summer 2024
From January to May, members logged more than 1600 volunteer hours valued at more than $38,000. Members also logged more than 400 advanced training hours.
☀️ The Magic of a Solar Eclipse
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the… Read More →