Read the articles below and leave the author a comment. Click here to view the pdf file: The Chachalaca Summer 2023.
Vol. 20 No. 2. June 2023 – In this issue:
It all Started with a Bee
On one particularly hot, humid spring day, back in 2022, before I began working on my chore list at the…
Where the Water Trough Overflows
Where the water trough overflows, a dirt border is built to contain and hold precious drops of water as it…
Well Hello, Chickadee!
Today I really appreciated technology. Using Google and a high-tech bird feeder, I got a special birding experience. My son-in-law…
Nature’s Calendar
Do you know which tree usually blooms earliest in the Rio Grande V alley? Which months monarchs often migrate through?…
Celebrate and Document Moths
National Moth Week is a citizen science opportunity where Texas Master Naturalists can get involved and earn volunteer hours documenting…
Milestones: March, April, & May 2023
Congrats to the recipients of Milestones and Awards for March, April, and May 2023.
Wonderful Weird World
The annual City Nature Challenge is a great opportunity to explore. I love a BioBlitz. It’s a time to challenge…
Contributors for the 2023 Summer Chachalaca
Thanks to the writers for the Summer 2023 edition of the Chachalaca.
Spring Migration 2023
It feels like spring literally flew by! It can feel that way when we have an exciting spring bird migration…
RGVC Leadership Team Summer 2023
RGVC Leadership Team.
Texas to Colorado Migrants
We’ve lived on South Padre Island (SPI) since 2007, but almost every year we travel from our home in SPI…
STBC Leadership Team Summer 2023
STBC Leadership Team.
Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting
At the conclusion of the 2022 Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting it was announced that the 2023 Annual Meeting would…
Texas native bees
Texas native bees
Mabel’s Orchard Orb Weaver
Its rich geometric patterns of blue, yellow, orange, green and black recall delicately inlaid stones in Zuni jewelry or a…
To Capture a Predator
At the National Butterfly Center (NBC) near Mission, Texas, we had been receiving reports of a bobcat being seen jumping…
Devil-bird!
Among the most common, and most maligned, of South Texas birds, the Great-tailed Grackle, or “devil-bird” as some have dubbed…
Scarlet Musk Flower
The indescribable beauty of the scarlet musk flower is best illustrated with a picture. This picture was snapped on a…
The Solar Eclipse of 2023
The eclipse this fall will be a partial solar eclipse, but it is not an ordinary partial eclipse. It is…
All photos were taken by the author unless otherwise noted.
