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 →
Birds
🦅 The 124th Audubon Christmas Bird Count
By: Dayna Inbody December 16, 2023 The Prairie Oaks Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program completed its sixth year contributing to the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This is… Read More →
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🪩 Reflections on the 2023 Annual Meeting
Below are contributions from several of our chapter members about their experience at the Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting held in McAllen October 12 – 15, 2023. To A State… Read More →
🐦 Building Bluebird Boxes and Building Friendships
By: Peggy Tolboom One of my favorite parts of being a TXMN is making new friends and sharing experiences together. I’ve known Judy and Paul Warner mostly from church and… Read More →
🌼 The Nature Center After 2022
By: Marsha Stephens (with contributions from Nature Center committee members, listed at the end of this article) First, a huge thank you to all who invested sweat equity (and new… Read More →
🦉 Whooo was at Wing Ding?
By: Linda Wood Celebrating 100 years of Texas State Parks has every park holding a big celebration event. Dinosaur Valley State Park held theirs, Wing Ding, on April 15th celebrating… Read More →
💡Lights Out, Texas! Spring 2023
Spring Migration: March 1 – June 15, 2023 Peak Migration: April 22 – May 12, 2023 We encourage everyone to turn off non-essential lights at night from 11 pm –… Read More →
🪶 Celebrating Spring at Feather Fest 2023
Prairie Oaks chapter members participated in the 6th annual Feather Fest at Action Nature Center. There were live raptors, wildflower walks, crafts for children, and educational booths to celebrate birds,… Read More →
🐦 123rd Audubon Christmas Bird Count
By: Dayna Inbody On December 17, 2022, the Prairie Oaks Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program completed its fifth year contributing to the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This… Read More →
🐦 All About the Texas Bluebird Society
By: Peggy Tolboom “Bluebirds across Texas, one nest box at a time.” This is the motto and goal of the Texas Bluebird Society. Officially known as the Eastern Bluebird, thankfully… Read More →