Springfield Plateau

Springfield Plateau Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalist™ is a community based natural resource education and volunteer program. Its purpose is 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 for the State of Missouri.

Missouri Master Naturalists- Springfield Plateau Chapter

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Chimney Swifts

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Shiann on point with Chimney Swifts Once upon a time we were bothered by the chattering of Chimney Swifts in our family room fireplace. ...

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Fun with Fungi

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Cinnabar Red Polyphore Recently the Springfield Chapter of MOMS (Missouri Mycological Society) completed its second foray. We had a whop...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Vulture Eggs

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Black Vulture I took several friends out to the barn to see the barn swallow nests and found a surprise. As we walked toward the back, s...

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Chuck-will's-widow

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Whip-poor-will are so familiar to us in legend and song that it is easy to miss its cousin, Chuck-will's-widow , Caprimulgus carolinensi...

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Turtle Sniffer

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Smokey with tic trefoil Our schnauzer Smokey loves to sniff around the roads and trails at Bull Mills unless he gets into a stand of tick...

Friday, May 6, 2011

Bird Nests

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Baltimore Oriole- Wikimedia There was a good article on bird nests by Francis Skalicky in yesterday's News-Leader. He discusses ma...

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Lethal Carrot

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Queen Anne's Lace- Wikimedia Carrots are generally considered good for you. The carrots we eat are cultivars of wild carrot Daucus ...

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Bob and Barb: We are a retired physician and nurse, writing to advance the cause of nature through education. We are active in Missouri Master Naturalists as well as a wide variety of like minded Conservation organizations.

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