The Chachalaca: Winter 2020 – Rio Grande Valley Chapter

“Nature’s Best Hope,” according to University of Delaware professor

Doug Tallamy, PhD, professor at the University of Delaware’s Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology,…

2020 Leadership, Thank You!

As we approach a new TMN year, we would like to say thank you to…

A Journey Through Time

Lower Laguna Madre Stephanie Bilodeau, Conservation Biologist with Coastal Bay Bend and Estuaries Program periodically…

Becoming a Better Naturalist

I learned by studying, observing, documenting, sketching, and sharing my adventure with you. I am…

Boca Chica Beach Cleanup

Robin Gelston at Boca Chica beach cleanup On Saturday, November 21. 2020, members of our…

Coming in 2021

Next year will bring to our Chapter some exciting new programs and projects. Keep an…

Contributors for the Dec 2020 Chachalaca

Tamie Bulow (RGVC) Diane Hall (RGVC) M. Kathy Raines (RGVC) No photo available: Linda Butcher…

Enough Latin names to be a TMN

Many new TMNs shy away from the Latin names of plants. I remember whining, “Why…

Giving without Giving

Really? Amazon will donate part of my shopping bill to my designated charity?

Javier de Leon, 2020 Chapter Advisor of the Year

Our Chapter Advisor, Javier de Leon, was the recipient of the TMN State Office’s 2020…

Lichen – Complicated, but beautiful

Lichens are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms,…

Meteorites and Tektites

Meteors are believed to originate in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They are…

Milestones: Sept.-Dec. 2020

September – December

More for Monarchs

Tagged monarch As I perused the list of sessions for the Virtual TMN Annual Conference,…

Moths – Worthy of our interest

If you’re familiar with the saying, “all shapes and sizes,” it truly fits when describing…

My Fascination with Frogs

by Alejandra Gomez Rio Grande Leopard Frog – – Photo by Chuck Cornell I have…

Nature Finds Its Place

Have you ever struggled to grow a plant no matter how good the soil or…

North American Tree Squirrels

by Julia Jorgensen Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) Descendants of ancient rodents, tree squirrels are found…

Project FeederWatch feederwatch.org – Earn TMN volunteer hours and never leave home

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is host to Citizen Science Project FeederWatch. I have participated…

The Energizer Bunny: The results of going virtual

What does the Energizer Bunny have top do with the 2020 Virtual TMN Meeting?

The Great Blue Heron: Versatile Bird and Formidable Predator

We missed the stabbing. But we witnessed the aftermath.

Vulture Trivia

Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird

I learned more about vultures than I have ever learned before.

We are adopting…not just one…

We are happy to announce, we are adopting! How many? Perhaps one, two, …, nine?

Welcome 2021 Team!

Elections were held at the December 8 RGVC TMN meeting…drum roll, please… Robert Gaitan was elected President, Carolyn…

Wild Poinsettia

Painted leaf, fire on the mountain, Mexican fire plant, Texas poinsettia, wild poinsettia. By whatever…