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
Category: The Chachalaca
The Chachalaca is the newsletter for the Rio Grande Valley Chapter – Texas Master Naturalist.
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Linda Butcher (RGVC) Diane Hall (RGVC) Nellie & Joe Kowalski (RGVC) Robin Gelston (RGVC) Javier Gonzalez (RGVC) Joni Gillis (RGVC) Ed Meza (RGVC) M. Kathy
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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.
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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
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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
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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