Category: March2023
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The Chachalaca: Spring 2023
Diane Hall, editor Read the articles below and leave the author a comment. Click here to view the pdf file: The Chachalaca Spring 2023. Vol. 20 No. 1. March 2023 – In this issue: Editor: Diane Hall All photos were taken by the author unless otherwise noted. The Chachalaca: Archives
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The Pederson’s Cleaning Shrimp
When biology instructors teach taxonomy they delve into the how and why of classifying, or naming living things. At first glance this may be perceived as a simple task. It should be a straightforward task to tell one organism from another. In some cases, yes… in some cases, no.
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Spotlight on a Volunteer Opportunity
“Who knows what this is?” asks Eileen Mattei, Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist, as she displays a raptor’s leg and talons to a group of grade school students at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco, on the last cold day (hopefully) of winter.
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The Perils of Peter the Pelican
We are fortunate to know some caring people in the birdwatcher world. As I told them, I have a canoe and kayak, but like the dog that chases squirrels, I wouldn’t know what to do once I got there.
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Untamed
“Who knows what this is?” asks Eileen Mattei, Rio Grande Valley Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist, as she displays a raptor’s leg and talons to a group of grade school students at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco, on the last cold day (hopefully) of winter.