Category: March2021
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The Chachalaca: March 2021
Read the articles below. Leave the author a comment. Or click here to download the pdf file: The Chachalaca March 2021. Vol. 18 No. 1. March 2021 – In this issue: A Look into the Harlingen CBC The Ubiquitous Great-Tailed Grackle Top Five Sea Beans Rio Grande Valley Night Skies City Nature Challenge Peculiarities Accepted…
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The Ubiquitous Great-tailed Grackle
There are reportedly 10 million Great-tailed Grackles, ranging from northwestern Venezuela and Colombia, through Mexico and the U.S. and into southern Canada. In winter, many of the northern ones come south, swelling the Valley’s flocks to gargantuan proportions to upwards of half a million birds. They frequent sugarcane and corn fields and land freshly plowed. A species…
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City Nature Challenge
We are busy preparing for the upcoming April 30 – May 3 City Nature Challenge (CNC). This is a volunteer opportunity open to all Texas Master Naturalists and anyone living in or visiting the Rio Grande Valley.
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Tragedy and Hope
The staff and volunteers at Sea Turtle, Inc. did an incredible job under extremely difficult and challenging circumstances. They deserve our admiration, respect, and assistance whenever possible.
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Birds have adaptations to survive brutal weather
The annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) came during the coldest days of the year when temperatures dropped below freezing and areas of the Valley experienced power outages. Despite the hardship, residents stocked their bird feeders, bundled themselves in layers of clothing and blankets and sat at their windows counting birds. The GBBC is an inter-organizational effort…
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They’re not gone, just brumating
Instead of being active when it’s cold, lizards will seek somewhere to be warm, such as a hollowed out log, pile of leaves, sticks and other debris, or burrow into the ground. They then will enter a state of lessened activity called brumation.