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General Meeting March 4 on Missouri Glades
On March 4, our speaker will be Paul Nelson (of Natural Communities, State Parks, and National Forest fame), who will tell us about his recent massive project to classify and map all of the glades in Missouri using GIS technology, satellite imagery, and boot-leather. The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM at Webster Groves Public Library, 301 East Lockwood in Webster.
2015 WGNSS Photo Contest April 2
Members will meet on Mon., April 2 from 7:00-10:00 at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Rd., to vote for the winners of the 2015 Webster Groves Nature Study Society's Photo Contest! See the contest categories, rules, and prizes on our Photo Contest page. Please submit your entry by March 1. Check out the 2013 winners here.
Annual WGNSS Banquet May 13
Be sure to mark you calendar! The banquet will be held at Sunset 44 Grill in downtown Kirkwood. We're delighted to announce that our speaker will be Scott Weidensaul. He is the author of Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (2000, nominated for Pulitzer prize in non-fiction), and Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding. Cost is $33 per person. Social hour will begin at 5:30.
The reservation form can be found in the recent issue of Nature Notes. Send your reservation by April 24 to:
Rich Thoma
320 Frieda Ave.
Kirkwood MO 63122
Board meeting Wed., March 11
Board meetings are usually held on a Wed., 7:00 PM at Kirkwood Public Library, 140 East Jefferson, Kirkwood Mo 63122.
Board meeting schedule: Next meeting: April 8, & May 28.
Mailing Party Monday, Feb. 16
A group of volunteers meets on the third Mondays, August-May, 10 AM-1PM at Oak Bend Library, 842 S Holmes Ave, St. Louis, MO 63122 to prepare the mailings of our monthly newsletter, Nature Notes. Join us!
Our Newsletter, Nature Notes Join WGNSS to receive the latest issue Nature Notes, featuring botany, birding and entomology reports. Members who receive Nature Notes by email can enjoy color photos. Nature Notes is published 10 times a year, Sept.-June. Submit articles or events to our editor, Ted MacRae. Those who subscribe by email enjoy photos in color! Issues from the last few years are available to download on our archive page.
Events page photo slideshow credits:
Tower Rock in Misssissippi River by Casey Galvin - 1st place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Honey Bee on Bloodroot flowers by Abby Lee-Fairbanks - 1st place in Botany category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Waterfall, by Ryan Fairbanks - 3rd place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Peregrine Falcon, by Casey Galvin - 1st place in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Ice on LaBarque Creek, by Nels Holmberg - 1st place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Bronze Tiger Beetle by Ted MacRae - Grand Prize 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Summer Tanager by Mike Thelen - 2nd place in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Beach Wolf Spider by Ted MacRae - 1st place in Entomology category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Least Sandpiper by Casey Galvin - Honorary Mention in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Missouri Evening Primrose by Anne McCormack
Victoria Glade with Fremont's Leather Flower and Indian Paintbrush by Anne McCormack
Ruby-throated Hummingbird male by Casey Galvin
Wild Hydrangea with Harvestman by Anne McCormack
Red-spotted Purple Butterfly on Paw Paw by Anne McCormack
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Eastern Blazing-Star by Anne McCormack
Duck Creek by Casey Galvin
Join WGNSS!
Webster Groves Nature Study Society
PO Box 190065
Saint Louis MO 63119-6065
General Meeting March 4 on Missouri Glades
On March 4, our speaker will be Paul Nelson (of Natural Communities, State Parks, and National Forest fame), who will tell us about his recent massive project to classify and map all of the glades in Missouri using GIS technology, satellite imagery, and boot-leather. The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM at Webster Groves Public Library, 301 East Lockwood in Webster.
2015 WGNSS Photo Contest April 2
Members will meet on Mon., April 2 from 7:00-10:00 at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Rd., to vote for the winners of the 2015 Webster Groves Nature Study Society's Photo Contest! See the contest categories, rules, and prizes on our Photo Contest page. Please submit your entry by March 1. Check out the 2013 winners here.
Annual WGNSS Banquet May 13
Be sure to mark you calendar! The banquet will be held at Sunset 44 Grill in downtown Kirkwood. We're delighted to announce that our speaker will be Scott Weidensaul. He is the author of Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (2000, nominated for Pulitzer prize in non-fiction), and Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding. Cost is $33 per person. Social hour will begin at 5:30.
The reservation form can be found in the recent issue of Nature Notes. Send your reservation by April 24 to:
Rich Thoma
320 Frieda Ave.
Kirkwood MO 63122
Board meeting Wed., March 11
Board meetings are usually held on a Wed., 7:00 PM at Kirkwood Public Library, 140 East Jefferson, Kirkwood Mo 63122.
Board meeting schedule: Next meeting: April 8, & May 28.
Mailing Party Monday, Feb. 16
A group of volunteers meets on the third Mondays, August-May, 10 AM-1PM at Oak Bend Library, 842 S Holmes Ave, St. Louis, MO 63122 to prepare the mailings of our monthly newsletter, Nature Notes. Join us!
Our Newsletter, Nature Notes Join WGNSS to receive the latest issue Nature Notes, featuring botany, birding and entomology reports. Members who receive Nature Notes by email can enjoy color photos. Nature Notes is published 10 times a year, Sept.-June. Submit articles or events to our editor, Ted MacRae. Those who subscribe by email enjoy photos in color! Issues from the last few years are available to download on our archive page.
Events page photo slideshow credits:
Tower Rock in Misssissippi River by Casey Galvin - 1st place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Honey Bee on Bloodroot flowers by Abby Lee-Fairbanks - 1st place in Botany category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Waterfall, by Ryan Fairbanks - 3rd place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Peregrine Falcon, by Casey Galvin - 1st place in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Ice on LaBarque Creek, by Nels Holmberg - 1st place in Habitat category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Bronze Tiger Beetle by Ted MacRae - Grand Prize 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Summer Tanager by Mike Thelen - 2nd place in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Beach Wolf Spider by Ted MacRae - 1st place in Entomology category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Least Sandpiper by Casey Galvin - Honorary Mention in Birding category, 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest
Missouri Evening Primrose by Anne McCormack
Victoria Glade with Fremont's Leather Flower and Indian Paintbrush by Anne McCormack
Ruby-throated Hummingbird male by Casey Galvin
Wild Hydrangea with Harvestman by Anne McCormack
Red-spotted Purple Butterfly on Paw Paw by Anne McCormack
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Eastern Blazing-Star by Anne McCormack
Duck Creek by Casey Galvin
Join WGNSS!
Webster Groves Nature Study Society
PO Box 190065
Saint Louis MO 63119-6065
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