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, March 31, 2014

April Phenology

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Spring turkey - Conservationist, Noppadol Paothong Phenology - the scientific study of periodic biological phenomena. April is the tim...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Name the Raptor

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Red-tailed hawk- Joe Motto Linda Bower sent me this video of an immature hawk, looking for confirmation of the species. I sent it on ...

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Bird of Another Color

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Amelanistic Carolina wren- REK Barb saw this bird at our feeder, surrounded by hungry nuthatches, finches, juncos and all the other...

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Spring Has Sprung

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"Cat" on a red hot napkin. Spring has invaded out house in the woods. The looper caterpillar above was on my napkin last nigh...

Monday, March 17, 2014

Cedar Flowers or Cones

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Male red cedar cones produce pollen- REK If you are around eastern red cedars in March you will see prolific clusters of these golden br...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Woodcocks Passing Through

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American woodcock - MDC American woodcocks have just passed through the valley of Bull Creek. This is their annual migration toward th...

Friday, March 14, 2014

Snail's Lunch

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Mark Bower's upcoming exhibition of mushroom photographs at Springfield's Nature Center features a snail caught in the act of va...

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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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