I finally got around to looking at my May issue of El Despoblado and noted they picked up one of Bob Lindsay's blog entries. Bob is the Executive Director at Wild Bird Rescue and his entries about the nesting killdeer were some of my favorites as well.
Congratulations, Bob!
El Despoblado is published by the Sibley Nature Center is full of articles and pictures by local people on the flora and fauna of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. You can sign up for the newsletter on their website.
Good birding!
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
El Despoblado
Yesterday I received my first copy of El Despoblado, the e-newsletter of the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, TX (see www.sibleynaturecenter.org/newsletter.html.) I had visited their website before, but this is the first time I read the newsletter. It is a collection of articles and pictures submitted by naturalists throughout the state. Pretty pictures and a variety of interesting information.
One of the articles was by a friend of mine, Paul Dowlearn, the owner of Wichita Valley Nursery in Wichita Falls. He suggested replacing the crepe mrytle with the Texas Mountain Laurel as the Texas state shrub. I agree that the crepe mrytle should be replaced. Although it is pretty and very common in Texas yards, it is not a Texas native. You would think the state anything would be native to the state.
Overall, I would recommend the newsletter to those interested in Texas natural history. I did not find a way to sign up for the newsletter on the webiste, but if you email Burr Williams, the Executive Director, at bwilliams@sibleynaturecenter.org, I am sure he will sign you up.
Good birding!
One of the articles was by a friend of mine, Paul Dowlearn, the owner of Wichita Valley Nursery in Wichita Falls. He suggested replacing the crepe mrytle with the Texas Mountain Laurel as the Texas state shrub. I agree that the crepe mrytle should be replaced. Although it is pretty and very common in Texas yards, it is not a Texas native. You would think the state anything would be native to the state.
Overall, I would recommend the newsletter to those interested in Texas natural history. I did not find a way to sign up for the newsletter on the webiste, but if you email Burr Williams, the Executive Director, at bwilliams@sibleynaturecenter.org, I am sure he will sign you up.
Good birding!
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