Wildlife

August 18, 9:00 a.m. Kayak Power River Trip. Registration required.

Kayak down the Elm Fork with KayakPower.com: 3rd Saturday of each month
Whether you’ve got lots of river time under your belt or have never set foot in a kayak, you’re welcome here! Kayak Power will provide equipment and instruction followed by a six-mile trip down the Elm Fork to a shuttle vehicle. Contact info@kayakpower.com or 214-669-1663 for information. Reservation required.

http://www.ias.unt.edu/llela/main.htm

Come join us for our 3rd Saturday of the month event. The LLELA Eco Tour.

9-10am Safety talk

10 am Paddles Wet.

Use PayPal to register or call [masked]. You can RSVP without pay up front, but we will need to collect either by Saturday or at the event.

Learn why cockroaches have the ability to fold their wings. Discover when life took to the air. Find out who was first on land and much more at this lecture on the evolution of arthropods.

$15; $12 for TDG members.

To register please go to http://texasdiscoverygardens.org/events_and_classes.php

Butterfly House and Garden Admission

Join us for our annual celebration of insects! Enjoy displays of live and pinned insects, family friendly activities, butterfly house tours, crafts and more. 

Included with admission.

Butterfly House and Garden Admission

Join us anytime this afternoon to wander (and wonder) at the Meadow Preserve by hiking the trails, watching the flora and fauna and enjoying being somewhere pretty much away from the hustle and bustle of Texas suburbia.

Enter at the Wooded Gate on the East side of Alma, just south of Bethany and directly across Alma from Tatum Road.   

http://connemaraconservancy.org/

Bird Walk with Gailon Brehm & Rodney Thomas - Connemara Meadow Preserve 
Sunday, August 5, 2012     8:00 - 10:00 AM

This is a monthly bird walk. It meets on first Saturdays in odd-numbered months. And meets on first Sundays in even-numbered months.

Bring your binoculars and field guides if you have them, and learn what to watch for in habits, characteristics and calls from Gailon and Rodney, both with Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society. Expect to dickcissels, buntings and other prairie birds, hawks, etc.  All ages are welcome. Bring binoculars and bird guides, water, sun and insect protection.

Location: Connemara Meadow is located in north Plano on Alma Dr, south of Bethany Dr. (Note: entrance is in Allen.)

Science Saturdays include the following:

• Plant Identification Clinic – bring that mysterious plant that’s growing in your backyard and our botanists will tell you what it is.
• Demonstrations of BRIT’s digital herbarium.
• BRIT’s Plant Preservation Studio – See how scientists create herbarium specimens.
• BRIT Library reading room and Burk Children’s Library – visit two of the most renowned botanical libraries in the Southwest.
• BRIT Press publications will be on display and available for purchase.
• Saturday guided tours of the Herbarium and Library will be provided at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Science Saturdays are held the first weekend of every month and feature numerous events hosted by BRIT’s botanists. Our botanists are on hand to answer questions and to identify those mysterious plants that grow in the backyards of Tarrant and Dallas counties that prompt homeowners to ask, “What the heck is this?”  

Science Saturdays include the following:

• Plant Identification Clinic – bring that mysterious plant that’s growing in your backyard and our botanists will tell you what it is.
• Demonstrations of BRIT’s digital herbarium.
• BRIT’s Plant Preservation Studio – See how scientists create herbarium specimens.
• BRIT Library reading room and Burk Children’s Library – visit two of the most renowned botanical libraries in the Southwest.
• BRIT Press publications will be on display and available for purchase.
• Saturday guided tours of the Herbarium and Library will be provided at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

BRIT will post a calendar of events on its website throughout the season.