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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Breaking Slumber

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  Many small creatures awaken in Spring In the winter months in central Texas, most cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians exhibit a form of h...

Butterflies in Winter

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Early blooming plants like Elbowbush attract butterflies   While butterflies are most noticeable in spring, summer, and fall, seeing them in...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Winter Warblers

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  Warblers in winter?  Who knew! New World warblers, often called wood warblers, are a group of birds found predominately in the Americas. T...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Autumn Ambrosia

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  Fall blooming plants are a boon to pollinators. While little else is flowering in our yards and gardens as temperatures cool and the droug...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

Pollen Positives

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  Giant Ragweed, the bane of many fall allergy sufferers. While fall is welcomed for the relief it gives from the long, hot summer, it is al...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Charismatic Clematis

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  Scarlet Clematis is endemic to the southeastern Edwards Plateau. Blooming vines are always a welcome addition to our Hill Country landscap...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Aerial Assassins

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Robber Flies are also called Assassin Flies, and for good reason! What is that powerfully built, fly-like creature that waits in ambush to c...
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Lynne & Jim
Lynne & Jim Weber are certified Texas Master Naturalists. Volunteer activities include:

• Golden-cheeked Warbler surveys, guided hikes, property monitoring & invasive plant mapping/control for the City of Austin Wildland Conservation Division
• Lepidoptera curating & outreach for the University of Texas Insect Collection
• Colima Warbler surveys for Big Bend National Park
• Certified Habitat Stewards for the National Wildlife Federation & stewards of a private 8-acre preserve now part of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve
• Nature writers & photographers for newsletters & other publications

Lynne served on the Big Bend Natural History Association (BBNHA) Board of Directors and the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Citizens Advisory Council. Jim served as a member of the BBNHA Advisory Board and the Board of Directors for the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute.

Authors of Nature Watch Austin, Nature Watch Big Bend, Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, Native Host Plants for Texas Moths, and Naturalist's Austin, all published by Texas A&M University Press.
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