[texbirds] 10-15-12 Flicker, Grebe @ Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary

From: Susan Schaezler <warblerwoods@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Susan Schaezler <susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:04:43 -0500
10-15-12 Flicker, Grebe @ Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary 

My first calm morning in two weeks!  I've had 4 & 6 yr old, hyper boys!  I head 
9 Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe
, Northern Flicker Yellow-shafted and lots of hawks and expected sparrows and 
warblers.  Will have 30 species for the
Morning.

Here's an opportunity you might like

> Mike Rickard Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary opportunity for Butterflies 
> Thursday, Oct. 18th.
> 
> Mike Rickard will have two opportunities at Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary 
> coming up--email me to reserve a spot, 
> Since I will limit the number for the daytime activity.  Let me know if there 
> are others interested.  You will need a
> gate code
> 
> He will lead a Butterfly hike in the afternoon and Blacklight in the evening. 
>  Blacklight is when they hang a white sheet and have a special light 
> illuminated at night to attract moths and other critters.  You will need a 
> chair for the night event and a flashlight to get from the parking area to 
> the observation area.
> 
> Mike states, "I'll help people look for butterflies starting at 1:30 PM the 
> 18th.  Since I don't know my way around yet or what might be blooming, I'll 
> assume the participants are regulars and they can lead.  :)  As for the night 
> things, 8-10 PM sounds best.  All dependent upon the weather, especially the 
> need for sun by day and night not too cool. "
> 
> Here's more info on Mike from the Frontera site
> 
> "Rickard, a regular volunteer naturalist for Bentsen and Estero Llano Grande 
> State Parks, says he began collecting butterflies when he was a young boy 
> working on his Boy Scout merit badge.
> âMy experience studying butterflies at a young age led to my joining the 
> Lepidopteristsâ Society and conducting extensive butterfly field studies 
> throughout Texas for the next 30 years,â the former Houston resident said.
> 
> Much of Rickardâs butterfly collection is now housed in the Roy O. Kendall 
> Collection at Texas A&M.
> 
> âThe most important material from my collection was incorporated into the Roy 
> O. Kendall collection and given to the Texas Lepidoptera Society, but some of 
> my other items were donated to the American Museum of Natural History, the 
> Smithsonian, and the Carnegie Museum,â he said.
> 
> In 2008, when he and wife Ginny retired and moved to Mission, Rickard 
> continued studying butterflies, this time with camera and binoculars.
> 
> âMy photographic database now consists of over 9000 images representing more 
> than 200 of the LRGV butterfly species, including several US records,â he 
> said, âI also have begun to photograph dragonflies and birds.â
> 
> Rickard remains a member of the Lepidopteristsâ Society and a member of the 
> North American Butterfly Association. He is a Research Associate of the Texas 
> Lepidoptera Survey and a Texas Parks & Wildlife Volunteer Naturalist, 
> assisting with numerous butterfly walks at Bentsen and Estero Llano Grande 
> State Parks. Currently, he serves as Butterfly Docent for the Old Hidalgo 
> Pumphouse and has led occasional butterfly walks at Frontera Audubon"
> 
> Susan Schaezler
> 
> WarblerWoods.org
> 501(c)(3 )
> Cibolo/Schertz
> Sent from my iPad
[texbirds] 10-15-12 Flicker, Grebe @ Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary

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