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Highland Lakes Steward Highland Lakes Steward HIGHLAND LAKES CHAPTER June 2013 Volume 4, Issue 6 MISSION By Linda O’Nan HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU The Texas Master Naturalist program is a Hiking is a great out- natural resource-based volunteer training and door experience that development program many of us master natu- sponsored statewide by Texas A&M AgriLife ralists enjoy. It deepens Extension and the Tex- our appreciation for as Parks and Wildlife plants and animals alike, Department. The mission of the as well as just the shear program is to develop physical pleasure of mov- a corps of well- informed volunteers ing and clearing your who provide education, head. Share your sum- outreach, and service mer nature encounters dedicated to the bene- ficial management of on the trail with us in natural resources and next month’s Stew- natural areas within their communities for ard. I’m sure there will the state of Texas be a lot of armchair trav- elers that would enjoy Photo by Mike Childers OFFICERS hearing about your adventures! There are stay alive. Hiking alone is never a good idea. President more than a thousand miles of trails Besides, it is too much fun to draw friends Linda O’Nan throughout Texas. You need not explore closer and see new and wonderful things [email protected] far in the Highland Lakes to find a great together. A shared laugh on the trail is just (830) 693-6126 trail. Besides our wonderful nearby state the best. I still chuckle when I recall slurp- Vice-President parks and natural areas--Inks, Pedernales ing out of the tube of a camelback water Pat Campbell pat.campbell Falls, Blanco, Colorado Bend and Enchanted hydration pack and another hiker asking if I @dishmail.net Rock, don’t forget Balcones Wildlife Refuge, had brought my own oxygen…ha. The (512) 715-0176 LCRA parks, and Austin city parks. Of health benefits of hiking are certainly undis- Secretary course, private facilities like Reveille Peak putable. It feels so good to get outside and Barbara Booth boothbarbara Ranch, Canyon of the Eagles, and Selah- see something interesting other than your @hotmail.com Bamberger give us access to unbelievable local gym. Of course, as good naturalists it (512) 470-5534 trails to explore. One of my favorite trail goes without saying to “leave no Treasurer guides is 100 Classic Hikes in Texas by E. trace”. Hope when you are planning some Phillip Mitchell phillipmitchell Dan Klepper. The author and I would be summer fun, take a hike. It’s good for the @gmail.com good hiking buddies because he loves to soul (sole?). Remember no HLMN meeting (830) 693-0184 stop for anything flowering, flying or crawl- in July, so plenty of time to get out ing—just my speed! Don’t let the summer there. See you on the trail. Can’t wait. heat totally derail your outdoor plans—just be prepared, go early, and stay hydrated to Page 2 Highland Lakes Steward INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BALCONES CANYONLANDS Happy Trails to You 1 WILDLIFE REFUGE Linda O’nan SPRING PROGRAMS Balcones Canyonlands Spring Programs 2 by Joan Mukhergee Joan Mukhergee Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge hosted an- 2013 HLMN CLass 3 other high record of school children in grades 3 to 5 at the refuge’s Spring activities. We had eleven programs Happy Bird Families 3 of Bridges to Birding and Going Buggy, as well as two Sue Kersey hands-on workshops on aquatic life. Twenty four Mas- Friends of UHNLC 4 ter Naturalists participated, most from Highland Lakes, Billy Hutson along with other refuge volunteers and staff. Rob Iski heads up these and other recreation programs at the Summer Tanager 6 refuge. Thanks to Rob and volunteers, there were a lot Joanne Fischer of happy faces this spring. 2013 Hatchery Outdoors Program 7 Phil Wyde Going Buggy teaches about insects and Bridges to Birding about birds, with an emphasis on the endan- Pest of the Month 9 gered golden cheek warbler and black-capped vireo. Sheryl Smith-Rodgers Both programs are designed to reinforce the Texas sci- Wildscape Classroom 10 ence curriculum by having the children experience and Sheryl Smith-Rodgers enjoy seeing in the field the concepts they have studied. A Hundred to one 11 The programs take place at Doeskin Ranch off RR1174. Becky Breazeale In addition to learning, the children enjoy the beauty of the valley and its flora and fauna. Come see Doeskin June Meeting 11 now; it is a fairy land of twisted leaf yucca in full bloom. Sonora and Junction Field Trip 12 The 2013 Songbird Festival (April 26-29) also hit a Betty Cruikshank new record with 879 visitors and 101 volunteers. We Seven Book Review 13 had many birding trips including trips with guides from Kim Bacon every major birding tour company. There was a native Texas Longhorns 14 plant tour with Diane Sherill and Bill Carr and I did a Phil Wyde tour of Birds, Butterflies and Blossoms. (I was grateful to my golden cheek who put on a great show.) Many Hill Country Science Mill 18 Deb McClintock participated in the photography contest, a new event. On Sunday Jonathan Wood put on an excellent raptor Gallery 19 show which included every North American falcon in- Jerry Stone and Mike Childers cluding the gyrfalcon. The fire crew provided barbecue and didn’t run out of food this year. Other programs Please submit pictures, articles, reports, stories, an- included Spider Joe, photography, scavenger hunt, nouncements, etc. to Creekside Critters, and building birdhouse. 180 Na- [email protected]. ture Ranger Passports were handed out to families that Photos should have captions and appropriate credits. the kids could get stamped at 11 activities. We had The deadline for submissions to each month’s newsletter great nature-oriented vendors and an attractive new is the 10th of the month and publication will be by the 15th. festival T-shirt . For the business oriented, this year we made a small profit thanks to many dedicated, hard- working volunteers. Volume 4, Issue 6 June 2013 Page 3 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 GRADUATING CLASS! Photo by Jerry Stone (R ro L): Teri Garret-Benge Rhonda Kurtzman, George Brugnoli, Sunny Mazzan, Lori Greco, Susan Downey, Karyn Parker, Cris Faught, Betty Cruikshank (2013 Class Coordinator), Morgan Beck, Minnie Eaton, Jo Ellen Cashion, Bob Caruthers, Karen Lundquist, Melissa Duckworth, Paula D’Orsogna, Ralph Herter (2013 Assis- tant Class Coordinator). Not pictured Allan Wolfe and Rebecca Nunnally. HAPPY BIRD FAMILIES By Sue Kersey Here are a couple of fun pictures. A new birdhouse babies also and the two in the picture on my home- made by David Patton with a Missouri license plate made suet are the male and one of his young. The en- from my Aunt Helen's last car and a Bewick's wren tire family comes daily for my suet and we love having couple has two babies in the wonderful birdhouse them. They also love fresh oranges and I make sure now. The Golden-fronted woodpecker pair had two they are always out for them. Page 4 Highland Lakes Steward FRIENDS OF THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES NATURE CENTER (UHLNC) by Billy Hutson I want to, very very much, thank the group of na- for a free day of military exhibitions, nature education ture center friends who helped make the opening of and lifted our spirits toward the appreciation of the the nature center trails a success. We were essentially true meaning of Memorial Day. rained out but still had three hardy stations for the fun and nature education of the approximately 80 at- tendees at our stations. There were hundreds of attendees at the program and I think we got all the kids and their parents. This was a rewarding program for us naturalists and a return to dignity for the participating wounded veterans. As you know, this was a Veterans Day cele- bration but the military exhibitions were limited be- cause of the weather. The crowd of attendees was beyond belief, even in the rain. The idea and promo- tions of Vol Montgomery, the governors office and "Serve Who Serve" brought together all the attendees (Continued on page 5) Volume 4, Issue 6 June 2013 Page 5 See the several related pictures here of the flora but will pick up in Sept. when we can start the event and catch Pete Smith working as busy as a bea- revamping of the three buildings we have material for, ver. and a bird blind or two. One anonymous UHLNC/MN attendee had the If you wish to participate in the surveys this sum- following to say "I am so glad that I was at RPR even mer just contact Jerry Stacy or Sherry Bixler. And who though the weather was the pits. I met some amazing knows, maybe we'll have the money to build the main people and felt the spirit and emotions of the day. It building center soon! was a truly moving program." Stay cool this summer! Things will slow down now for the summer with an occasional interpretive hike or survey of birds and/or Page 6 Highland Lakes Steward SUMMER TANAGER By Joanne Fischer There are approximately 200 species of Tanagers in the world and some feel that no other group of birds exhibits the brilliance and variability of plumage than the tanagers. Most of them inhabit the hot, humid for- ests of Central and South America with only four tana- ger species breeding in North American (Scarlet, Sum- mer, Hepatic and Western) and only one breeding in the Hill Country of Texas - the Summer Tanager.
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