Category: The Chachalaca
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Review of An Immense World
by M. Kathy Raines I heartily recommend this new book, An Immense World, by Ed Yong (published in 2022, 464 pages), which explores the umwelten, or sensory worlds, of various species—including everything from scallops, orb weaving spiders and octopuses, to bats, manatees and lions. It is a humbling read, but he never denigrates our own remarkable…
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Contributors to the Fall 2022 Chachalaca
contributed by Diane Hall Linda Butcher (RGVC) Diane Hall (RGVC) Nellie & Joe Kowalski (RGVC) Robin Gelston (RGVC) Javier Gonzalez (RGVC) Joni Gillis (RGVC) Ed Meza (RGVC) M. Kathy Raines (RGVC) Anita Westervelt (STBC)
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The Chachalaca: Spring 2022
Read the articles below. Leave the author a comment. Or click here to download the pdf file: The Chachalaca Spring 2022. Vol. 19 No. 1. March 2022 – In this issue: Frog Fruit and the Hell Zone Maybe Size Doesn’t Matter Butterflies are in the Pink Trash Lady’s Escapades Hands-on Learning at EWBC Great Blue…
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Did You Know?
by Chuck Cornell I learn something new every time I accompany Bill for raptor banding. Here’s a few things that are not always known about raptors and a couple of truths about banding in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Maybe Size Doesn’t Matter
by James Bennie One autumn a few years ago, I was photographing butterflies and plants in Olmito when I noticed a yellow sulphur butterfly struggling like crazy, caught on a blue mistflower. I assumed it was in a spider web and as hard as it was beating its wings would soon get loose. It was puzzling, though,…
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Raptor Banding with Bill Clark
by Chuck Cornell In 2015, my friend, Gus Rentfro, mentioned that he knew a guy who banded raptors. “Would you like to go out with us some time?” he asked. “Yes” was my reply and thus began my adventures with Bill Clark and raptor banding. On the first outing, I drove my car and followed…