By Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist Beautiful when effortlessly soaring on the thermals with out-stretched wings, up close, their bare-skinned red head with greenish warts
Year: 2019
Story and photos by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist Earlier this year the National Wildlife Federation issued an open letter to mayors across the nation
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by Heidi Linnemann The Monarch butterflies we see in the Valley spend their winters in Mexico’s central mountain range and summers in our northern states.
Special to the Valley Morning Star by Anita Westervelt SAN BENITO, Texas – Valley native Frank Wiseman was honored Tuesday for achieving a significant milestone
Story and photos by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist As we get ready for fall bird migration, a fun thing to think about is the
and Sidebar — Three Valley native plants attract wintering-over warblers Stories and photos by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist They’re tiny, they’re quick, they’re wily.