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Webster Groves Nature Study Society 2023 Nature Photography Contest

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Big Muddy Speaker Series - Upcoming Presentations All presentations are free and open to the public!

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - Adventure Art on the Mighty Mo’
Presentation by artist and adventurer Steve Snell, KC Art Institute Steve Snell will present about his river-based art practice and his recent adventure down the Missouri River. He will also be premiering an episode from his forthcoming video series, Adventure Art on the Mighty Mo’.
More about this presentation →

See all upcoming presentations for Kansas City, Rocheport and St. Charles.

For more information, contact Brian Waldrop @Brian.Waldrop@mdc.mo.gov

Webster Groves Nature Study Society 2023 Nature Photography Contest

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Upcoming field trips and natural history group meetings can be found in this newsletter and at wgnss.org, and on Facebook. Also, previous general meetings can be found on YouTube. Look for an article on E. O. Wilson later in this issue of Nature Notes.
The Webster Groves Nature Study Society is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the following 2022 scholarship grants:

Bo Koster Grant for Nature Study   This is an annual award to support fieldwork of a college student in natural history. The Bo Koster Grant honors long time WGNSS member Bo Koster, an avid birder and researcher in diabetes. Click HERE for more information.

Menke Scholarship to Improve Wildlife Habitat   This scholarship’s goal is to increase and improve wildlife habitat in Missouri, and honors Don and Nell Menke, long-term members of WGNSS and lifelong birders/ wildflower experts, and honors their son, David Menke, a wildlife park ranger all his professional life. Click HERE for more information.

Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology​   This is an annual award to support the field work of a graduate student in natural history. This scholarship honors long time WGNSS member Mickey Scudder, who is well remembered for her infectious enthusiasm towards field work, particularly with wild birds. Click HERE for more information.
WGNSS Nature Book Club, Virtual Zoom Meetings
The WGNSS Nature Book Group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Due to the Covid pandemic we will be meeting on  Zoom until further notice. Email John Christensen at dwib@swbell.net several days before the meeting to receive your Zoom invitation.
Newcomers are welcome! For more information contact John Christensen. 

WGNSS ORNITHOLOGY GROUP 
Thursday and Saturday Bird Walks!

Contact David at DavidBecher@msn.com for details
WGNSS trips are free and open to all!

WGNSS Nature Photography Group Field Trips!
​Interested in participating in WGNSS Nature Photography Group activities?  
Send your contact information to Miguel Acosta. 
​Visit the WGNSS Nature Photography Group website here,  
check current Nature Notes, or the WGNSS Facebook page for details and updates! 
WEBSTER GROVES NATURE STUDY SOCIETY
Membership Application/Renewal – September 1st to August 31st 
August is the time to renew your annual WGNSS membership dues:  $15 yearly with online color Nature Notes or $25 yearly with Nature Notes copies in black and white mailed. Two new options are offered this year:  $300 lifetime membership, Nature Notes online. and $135 ten year membership for the price of nine years, Nature Notes online. If you have already renewed, THANK YOU!   
Membership dues can be paid through PayPal using the 'Donate' button below!

For membership payments using PayPal, please include a note of the purpose: 
​i.e., 'WGNSS Membership'.
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The 100th Anniversary of WGNSS featured in the Webster Kirkwood Time:
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photo by Gwyn Wahlmann

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Webster Groves Nature Study Society General Meeting
First Wednesday each month, 7:00 p.m. at Webster Groves Library 
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

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  • About WGNSS
  • WGNSS Event Calendar
  • Contact - WGNSS Board
  • Events
  • Historian's Corner
  • Birding
  • Book Club
  • Botany
  • Conservation
  • Entomology
  • Nature Photography
  • Membership Information
  • Scholarships and Education
    • Bo Koster Grant
    • Menke Scholarship
    • Mickey Scudder Scholarship
  • WGNSS Rules of the Photo Contest
  • 2021 WGNSS Photo Contest Winners
  • 2019 WGNSS Photo Contest Winners
  • 2017 WGNSS Photo Contest Winners
  • 2015 WGNSS Photo Contest Winners
  • 2013 WGNSS Photo Contest Winners
  • Birds of the St. Louis Area
    • Where to find Eurasian Tree Sparrow
  • 'Nature Notes' Archive
    • 2010 - 2019 >
      • 2012, Vol. 84, No. 1-10
      • 2011, Vol. 83, No. 1-10
      • 2010, Vol. 82, No. 1-10
    • 2000 - 2009 >
      • 2009, Vol. 81, No. 1-9
      • 2008, Vol. 80, No. 1-8
      • 2007, Vol. 79, No. 1-10
      • 2006, Vol. 78, No. 1-9
      • 2005, Vol. 77, No. 1-10
      • 2004, Vol. 76 No. 1-10
      • 2003, Vol. 75, No. 1-9
      • 2002, Vol. 74, No. 1-10
      • 2001, Vol. 73, No. 1-10
      • 2000, Vol. 72, No. 1-10
    • 1990 - 1999 >
      • 1999, Vol. 71, No. 1-10
      • 1998, Vol. 70, No. 1-10
      • 1997, Vol. 70, No. 1-10
    • 1980 - 1989
    • 1970 - 1979
    • 1950 - 1959
    • 1960 - 1969
    • 1940 - 1949
    • 1930 - 1939 >
      • 1930, Vol. 1, No. 3-6; Vol. 2, 1-8
      • 1931 Vol. 2, No. 9-12; Vol. 3, 1-4
    • 1920 - 1929 >
      • 1929, Vol. 1, No. 1 -2
  • WGNSS Associated Blogs
  • Favorite links