By: Peggy Tolboom When it is time for the annual meeting, I am at my computer when registration begins so I can sign up for the field trips. For this… Read More →
Birds
🦆Chapter Field Trip to Corpus Christi, Rockport Beach, and Port Aransas
Chapter members visited Corpus Christi and surrounding areas in March 2025 for the annual chapter field trip. They visited the Port Aransas Nature Preserve, Leonbelle Turnbull Birding Center, Joan and… Read More →
📖 Book Report: The Hidden Lives of Owls
By: Bill Hopkins “For more than sixty-seven million years, owls have roamed the earth, flying, hunting, and raising their families in the dark.” Leigh Calvez is a writer and naturalist… Read More →
🍃 Celebrating Art, Wellness, and Nature: The March 2025 GROW Festival at Clark Gardens Botanical Park
By: Crystal Gonzalez (Grider) Celebrating Art, Wellness, and Nature: The March 2025 GROW Festival at Clark Gardens Botanical Park Clark Gardens Botanical Park, located in Mineral Wells Texas, will host… Read More →
🦅 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… 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 →
🪞 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 →
🦅 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 →