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Identification

Bird ID – Brent Ortego, Bob Friedrichs
Reptile ID –
Amphibian ID –
Insect ID –
Plant ID – Ernie Schertz or Kris Kirkwood
Trees: ID, diseases, pruning, selection – Ron Smudy
Grasses of the Coastal Bend – Ray Kirkwood

Member Publications

Know Mid-Coast Members – Class photos
Read Chapter Newsletters
Karen Benson’s Nature Blog
Know your Natives—SoTX NPSOT
MCTMN photos on Flickr
MCTMN Facebook group
Chapter Archives
Your nature-related blog!

Neighboring TMN Chapters

South Texas Chapter–Nueces, Kleberg, & Kenedy
Cradle of Texas Chapter–Brazoria

All TMN Chapters

Presentations

Chapter members can speak to groups on these topics:

Aldo Leopold & the Leopold Foundation – Brigid Berger
Alligators – Norm Hirsch
Archaeology: Shell Middens – Debbie Griffith
Bats – Cathy Koenig
Birds or Birding: Birds of the Coastal Bend, Backyard Birds of the Mid-Texas Coast, Birding 101, Bird Behavior, Migration – Brigid Berger
Butterfly Anatomy & Life Cycle – Brigid Berger
Coastal Wetlands – Brigid Berger
Cranes of the World – Brigid Berger
Drift Seeds/Sea Beans – Sam Burnett
Grasses of the Coastal Bend – Ray Kirkwood
Indians of the Coastal Bend – Dennis Durkee
Insects –
Invasive Plants – Kris Kirkwood
Mammals of the Coastal Bend –
Mollusks/Seashells – Brigid Berger
Native Bees – Brigid Berger
Native Plants – Ernie Schertz or Kris Kirkwood
Plastic Pollution in Marine Environments – Phil Wildfang
Pollinators – Brigid Berger
Reptiles –
Sea Turtles – Brigid Berger, Ray Kirkwood
Trees – Ron Smudy
Whooping Cranes – Ray Kirkwood

Insects

Online Resources for Native Bees
Mike Quinn – Texas Entomology
TAMU Entomology Site
NABA South Texas – Butterflies
Butterflies & Moths of North America
Digital Dragonflies
Online Resources for Native Bees

Plants

Wildscape Internet Resources – pdf with links to many sites
South Texas Natives – CKWRI
Plants of Texas Rangelands – TAMU
Native Plants of South Texas – Uvalde Extension & Research
CenTX Flowering Plants – Click “Archive” from left column & search by scientific name
Internet Plant & Wildlife Sites
Recommended Wildscape Books

Invasive Species & Resources

Texas Invaders – plant and animal
Native Alternatives

Birds

All about Birds – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Audubon Society

Local Plant Lists

• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
• Aransas Pathways sites
• NPSOT Recommended Native Plants for the Coastal Bend
• Mad Island Marsh Preserve
• Welder Wildlife Refuge

Miscellaneous

Apps for Naturalists
Cornell University Macaulay Library:
Wildlife Audio & Video Recordings