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BirdsChapter HighlightsLights OutMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

🐦 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 →

September 5, 2024

Advanced TrainingAnnual MeetingBosque River Nature CenterChapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

📱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 →

September 4, 2024

BatsChapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

🦇 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 →

June 12, 2024

BirdsChapter Field TripMonthly NewsletterNaturePhotographyState Parks

🪞 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 →

June 2, 2024

BirdsChapter HighlightsChristmas Bird CountMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

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 →

June 2, 2024

Bosque River Nature CenterChapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNative PlantsNatureVolunteer Opportunities

💪 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 →

June 1, 2024

Annual MeetingChapter HighlightsEclipseNaturePhotography

☀️ 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 →

April 5, 2024

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📘 2024 Training Class

Our Spring 2024 Training Class kicked off in January and will conclude in April. The training class has learned from speakers about geology, insects, famous master naturalists, law and ethics,… Read More →

March 2, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by Wendy Moore.
BirdsChristmas Bird CountMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

Prairie Oaks 6th Year Participating in the 124th Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2023

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 →

February 19, 2024

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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 →

December 20, 2023

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