Diario del proyecto Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas

Monday – April 25, 2016
Bringing Nature to Your Backyard

Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room

Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist
• 6:00 PM - Business Meeting
• 7:00 PM - Program by Xandra Morris – Entomologist and Extension Agent

for Hill & McLennan Counties

Born and raised in Katy, TX, Xandra Morris earned a B.S. and M.S. in Entomology from Oklahoma State University. While there, Xandra served as a Presenter and Husbandry worker for the OSU Insect Adventure - Oklahoma's Live Bug Traveling Zoo.
Xandra’s Master's work was on biocontrol - insecticide effects on ladybug predators of aphids; study on herbicide effects on mosquito population; beneficial termite descriptive report. She is currently working on sugarcane aphid population monitoring studies in sorghum.
Xandra is married to Cade Morris, another Entomologist, and they have 4 "children" - two dogs and two cats!

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and
service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within
their communities.
This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com

iNaters in the wider DFW area, beginning the third Saturday in April we will begin our wildflower walks and continue the flora and fauna survey at Mockingbird Nature Park in Midlothian, TX, which adds also to our wider project for Ellis and Navarro counties. If you'd like to help with the flora and fauna survey, please do come and bring your camera to document your observations! Visit our project page on iNaturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mockingbird-nature-park to see what we've done so far. Please feel free to join us on our monthly walks or anytime that is convenient for you. Mockingbird Nature Park is 68 acres with over 1.5 miles of trails, a boardwalk through a riparian area and a seasonal pond that is currently holding water pretty well.

Our walks are lead by members of the Indian Trail Chapter of the Master Naturalist program, from Ellis and Navarro counties. Everyone is invited to attend, and there is no charge. In the event of rain the walks will be cancelled.

The first walk is Saturday, April 16. We'll meet at the Butterfly Garden at 9 am. Mockingbird Nature Park is located at 1361 Onward Road (off Mockingbird Lane) Midlothian, TX. The park has no facilities, so come prepared.

Hope to see you there!