Category: The Chachalaca
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Spring Migration 2023
It feels like spring literally flew by! It can feel that way when we have an exciting spring bird migration with plenty of action as we had these past months. It seemed like we had waves of migratory birds land on the island at least once, sometimes twice a week as the birds met quite…
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Wonderful Weird World
The annual City Nature Challenge is a great opportunity to explore. I love a BioBlitz. It’s a time to challenge myself. It’s an anything goes, exciting nature venture that’s ever-changing, whether because of human involvement of the land or from the elements of the great beyond. This year was especially interesting, possibly because of storms…
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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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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.