By: Lana Rothe, Susie Stillwell, and Layne Cassidy In late May 2024, four friends—three of whom are Texas Master Naturalists—set off on a journey to the picturesque town of Castiglion… Read More →
Wrapping Up the 125th Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2024
By: Dayna Inbody December 14, 2024 Prairie Oaks Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program completed its seventh year contributing to the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This is an approved … 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 →
📣 Spreading the Word: Promoting the 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 Master… Read More →
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📱Learning About a BioBlitz
By: Peggy Tolboom Meeting Texas Master Naturalists from all over the state and getting new ideas for possible outreaches are what I look forward to at the Annual Meeting. This… 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 – August 2024… 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 →
Join a Team for the Christmas Bird Count 2024
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 →