May 1st and 2nd - Visit SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE - GARLAND, TX
For a series of in-person field trips and an opportunity to help us increase our biodiversity species count on iNaturalist. SCFP has recently updated and added trails to their property. Visit SCFP.ORG and select Trails to view or print the map.
SATURDAY, 5/1
BIRD WALK AND ID – REBA COLLINS
5/1, Saturday, 8:00-9:30 a.m. at: 1787 Holford Road, Garland, TX
Spring Migration Bird Walk with Reba Collins, Master Birder/Master Naturalist
Limited to 15 people, Must RSVP to rcollins20@verizon.net. Please specify Saturday or Sunday. Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
We will try to answer the question: What birds are in Spring Creek Forest
Preserve in late spring? Will we see migrating wood warblers? Come for a
morning walk and find out. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring
binoculars. If there has been heavy rain, rain boots may be appropriate.
BUTTERFLY WALK – DAVID & SHARON PARRISH
5/1, Saturday, 12:00pm at 1787 Holford Road, Garland
David and Sharon Parrish (Team Parrish) will provide an overview of the Texas Butterfly Monitoring Network (TBMN), a socially distanced Statewide citizen-science volunteer project of the Texas Master Naturalists. They will introduce walk participants to the survey methods and their monitoring route along the Limestone Loop Trails at Spring Creek Park Preserve, 1787 Holford Road, Garland, TX. Along the way they will identify some of the common butterflies of North Texas. Several fellow members of the Butterfly Garden Docents group at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge near Sherman, TX are participating in the TBMN to help keep their butterfly identification skills sharp until we meet again. Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
FOREST SYSTEMS – DANA WILSON
5/1, Saturday, 2:00-3:00pm at 1770 Holford Road, Garland
Like animals, plants have strategies to survive within their respective ecosystem.
We will discuss the different layers and relationships that make up a healthy forest. What are the benefits or dangers these plants impart on each other? Join Dana Wilson on a walk through the forest to examine how forests thrive.
Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
FROGS AT NIGHT – JESSICA CROWLEY
5/1, Saturday, 6:30pm at 1770 Holford Road, Garland
Join us for an evening hike listening and looking for frogs along Spring Creek. Spring Creek is one of the cleanest creeks in the metroplex. This means that we have an excellent population of creek creatures, including frogs.
In addition to listening and ID by sound, Jessica will bring some frogs from her collection. We will be on trails, so wear appropriate footwear. Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
SUNDAY, 5/2
BIRD WALK AND ID – REBA COLLINS
5/2, Sunday, 8:00 - 9:30 am at 1787 Holford Road, Garland, TX.
Spring Migration Bird Walk with Reba Collins, Master Birder/Master
Naturalist. Limited to 15 people, Must RSVP to rcollins20@verizon.net. Please specify Saturday or Sunday.
We will try to answer the question: What birds are in Spring Creek Forest
Preserve in late spring? Will we see migrating wood warblers? Come for a
morning walk and find out. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring
binoculars. If there has been heavy rain, rain boots may be appropriate.
Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
INVASIVE PLANT ID AND REMOVAL – ROBERT KAAA
5/2, Sunday, 2:00pm – 3:00 pm at 1770 Holford Road, Garland, TX
Invasive Plant ID and Removal Strategies with Rob Kaaa, Master Naturalist. We will venture down the trails to identify invasive plant species and their impact in the Preserve. We will discuss the removal strategies that we employ and perhaps some hands on experience with a "Stump Popper". Both volunteers and public participants must wear masks and social distance by at least 6 feet apart.
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