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Category: The Chachalaca
The Chachalaca is the newsletter for the Rio Grande Valley Chapter – Texas Master Naturalist.
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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
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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.
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I became aware of Runyon’s Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia runyonii) when our Texas Master Naturalist group of volunteers at Harlingen’s Hugh Ramsey Park decided to name our first specialty garden in honor of this famous local botanist.
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Officers President Roberto Gaitan 1st Vice President Tami Bulow 2nd Vice President Barbara Peet Secretary Carolyn Cardile Treasurer Maria Reyna-Gomez Directors Membership Joni Gillis New
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by Linda Butcher Pterois is a genus of venomous fish, commonly known as lionfish. It is native to the South Pacific and Indo-Pacific Ocean. The lionfish