Tag: chachalaca
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What to do with a lot of June bugs
Growing up in Kansas, it was kind of fun to see a couple of June bugs bumping against the porch light in the evenings. I knew they wouldn’t hurt me, because my momma said so, and with the arrival of June bugs, I knew summer — and my birthday month — had definitely arrived. As…
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The Newbies Tackle the Great Texas Birding Classic
by Norma Friedrich On April 27, 2021 five members of the RGVCTMN New Class 2021 participated in the Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC). Selecting the Sunrise to Noon tournament, the team members sent in the $30 registration fee for each member. This tournament required a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 members. With the…
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The Fungus Among Us, Yes Even in the R.G.V.
by James Bennie Recently, I read the new book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake which is about the latest research findings on Fungus. Thus I had mushrooms on my mind when this current rainy spell hit. I remember previous unusually wet periods with sustained storms that resulted in quite a flush of mushrooms of all sorts. One year I…
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RGV Summer Night Skies
by Linda Butcher JUNE 10 – New moon and eclipse of the moon. Unfortunately, it will only be a partial eclipse in our area. JUNE 21 – Summer Solstice. The sun will have reached its most northern position in the sky. It is our first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Full Moon photo by Jim Bonser JUNE 24 -Full Moon…
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Reporting Bird Bands
by Dr. Tim and Ki Brush Green Jays and Clay-colored Thrushes are two tropical bird species which folks can see in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and adjacent areas of South Texas. They are part of the tropical flavor of the Valley! They are well-known to live in natural habitat, but people have been seeing…
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Congratulations, Hunter!
by Tamie Bulow Hunter Lohse and his father, David Lohse, are TMN members from the Class of 2015. Hunter is currently a Master of Landscape Architecturestudent at the University of Arizona and will graduate in 2022. Hunter participated in the UArizona 2021 Student Showcase and won Second Prize in both the Sustainability and Environmental Impact Categories. His project, Free Water: An Analysis of Potential Impacts of Large-Scale Residential Rainwater Harvesting, shows how single-family homes in…