Wildlife management, issues, support, and rehabilitation
Walk through Twelve Hills Nature Center with Master Naturalist Dan Northcut and learn about the Blackland Prairie Ecosystem. Look at plants indigenous to this area and some that invaded; see what survived the summer heat and what works well in home landscaping.
Location: North Oak Cliff at 817 N. Mary Cliff Road, Dallas TX 75208
Questions and to RSVP: contact Marcie Haley marcieh@gmail.com 214-941-6069
Webpage: www.twelvehills.org
The City of Farmers Branch presents 6 public nature walks at the new John F. Burke Nature Preserve. North Texas Chapter Master Naturalists will conduct the walks. Come out. Bring family and friends.
Wednesday, November 9
The Nature Preserve comprises 104 acres of bottomland hardwood forest, fields and wetlands. It lies between the Pres. Geo. Bush Tpke and the Elm Fork of the Trinity. Diverse plant community, lot of birds, etc. Open dawn to dusk every day.
Location - 1111 Valley View Lane. Not in Google Maps yet. About 0.6 miles west of Luna Rd on Valley View Lane
Web site - http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/play/parks-recreation/john-f-burke-nature-preserve
The City of Farmers Branch presents 6 public nature walks at the new John F. Burke Nature Preserve. North Texas Chapter Master Naturalists will conduct the walks. Come out. Bring family and friends.
Saturday, November 5
Wednesday, November 9
The Nature Preserve comprises 104 acres of bottomland hardwood forest, fields and wetlands. It lies between the Pres. Geo. Bush Tpke and the Elm Fork of the Trinity. Diverse plant community, lot of birds, etc. Open dawn to dusk every day.
Location - 1111 Valley View Lane. Not in Google Maps yet. About 0.6 miles west of Luna Rd on Valley View Lane
Web site - http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/play/parks-recreation/john-f-burke-nature-preserve
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Continue to encourage your child's love of the outdoors all year long with Trinity River Audubon Center's Nature Club!
The 3rd Sunday of EVERY month, beginning September 18, 2011 from 2PM-4PM.
Nature Club is designed to encourage children, ages 5-12, to be active stewards of our lands, while at the same time showing children all the wonders of the nature around them.
Price: $195/ child for members ($220/child for non-members) for 9 sessions
SCHEDULE
September 18th: Insect Adventures
October 16th: Birding and Migration
November 20th: Building an A-Frame Shelter/Fort and Survival Skills
December 18th: Christmas Bird Count
January 15th: Nature Arts and Crafts
February 19th: Nature Journaling
March 18th: Frog Club
April 15th: Scuzzing and Pond Sampling
May 20th: Paddling the Ponds
To register your child today, visit our website at: https://www.camperregsecure.com/trinityriver/
All 3rd Thursday events include: Food & Wine Tastings, Music, Kids Crafts, Nature Hikes,
Paddling or Fishing, Art, Book Club, Education, Citizen Science & More.
See website for details.
Growing up WILD - (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers)
Art projects, songs, and movement stretch your students' nature literacy and enhance their outdoor experiences.
•Make and take activities for your classroom!
•27 field-tested, hands-on, nature based activities in a full-color 11 x17 activity guide
•Is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and the Head Start Domains
•http://projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.htm
Cost: $40 (Registration & Payment due: 12/1)
To register please complete Project WILD registration form or contact Allison Milstead at amilstead@rocketmail.com
The Warblers are coming! Are you ready?
Warblers are colorful and extremely active birds, which flock in large groups during spring and fall migrations. They can be gray, olive, or green; many are patterned with bright yelow, red, orange, blue or black and white. There are many species of warblers with many names to describe their appearance.
Learn to identify these amazing birds with ease and confidence.
Jim Peterson was Curator of Ornithology at the Dallas Museum of Natural History and is now Director of Technology at the Episcopal School of Dallas. He has compiled the Dallas County Christmas Count for the last 21 years, and currently maintains bird records for North-Central Texas at www.nctexasbirds.com.
FREE
A free egg-stravaganza for the whole family awaits bird enthusiasts and nature lovers at the Tinrity River Audubon Center. As the country looks toward Earth Day, "Celebrate Bird Fest" will showcase the power and diversity of birds with an opportunity for children and adults to Meet Birds of Prey up close, Fly Homing Pigeons, Dissect Owl Pellets (WHAT?), talk to an ornithologist, and take guided birding hikes. There will be craft stations to creat bird art and learn about binoculars and sporting scopes! The celebration features an additional earth-friendly element as participants build bird houses and make bird feeders.
FREE.
http://www.trinityriveraudubon.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Explore_SpecialEvents
Join our experienced North Texas field ornithologists in this Citizen Science adventure for all ages. A 15-minute bird census will be conducted at various locations on the TRAC property every hour on the hour. All findings will be submitted to GBBC.
Free.