Nature Club Members: Please join us for our Monthly General Meeting and Program. We will meet June 13th at 2:30 PM in the SCB (Ballroom). Our Topic will be: "The Fauna Project" Learn about the Fauna Project, a bio survey at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Presentation will include photography, especially with invertebrates of all types. Presented by Val Bugh, the premier expert on insects and all other creepy crawlers in our region. Here is more on our speaker, Val Bugh: You
won't want to miss our next speaker for the monthly general meeting of
the Sun City Nature Club! On Tuesday, June 13 at 2:30 PM in the
ballroom, Val Bugh - coordinator of the Fauna Project at the Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center- will be sharing images of the remarkable
animals she and others have photographed.
Gardens
are more than collections of plants; they are dynamic ecosystems.
Through a program of weekly surveys initiated in early 2010, a group of
nature-loving volunteers has been consistently recording data on the
animals found within the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin,
TX. From inception to the vast number of identifications and
observations accumulated, this program tells the story of the Fauna
Project. Photography is an important tool in this study, so there is no
dearth of colorful images to highlight the insects, spiders, birds,
reptiles, mammals and fish. and their behaviors. Take a close look at
the biome, glimpse some of the diverse residents in an organically
cultivated native plant habitat and see why variety is the spice of
life.
Val
Bugh is a local naturalist specializing in the arthropods of the Austin
area, with interests in taxonomy and photography. She runs the Fauna
Project at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, leads
insect/wildflower discovery walks, teaches entomology and plant classes,
provides insect/spider identifications, gives talks to local
organizations, and is the author of pocket guides to "Butterflies of
Central Texas," "Spiders of Texas" and "Unusual Insects of Texas."
Website: http://www.austinbug.com/index.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact: Martin Byhower at [email protected] |
