Rio Bosque Wetlands Biological Treasure Hunt

This guide is intended to provide a fun activity for people exploring the biodiversity of the Rio Bosque Wetlands. Texas Nature Trackers and Texas Master Naturalists will be meeting at the wetlands on April 8th at 8:30 AM to see how many species participants can find. This will be a good ...more ↓

Little Striped Whiptail 2
Aspidoscelis inornata
Mourning Dove 3
Zenaida macroura
Killdeer 4
Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 5
Himantopus mexicanus
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Buteo jamaicensis
Say's Phoebe 7
Sayornis saya
Desert Cottontail 8
Sylvilagus audubonii
Honey Mesquite 9
Prosopis glandulosa
screw bean 10
Prosopis pubescens
Four-wing Saltbush 11
Atriplex canescens
Bitterweed 11
Helenium amarum
Arrowweed 12
Pluchea sericea
Torrey wolfberry 13
Lycium torreyi
Rio Grande cottonwood 2
Populus deltoides wislizeni
Goodding's Black Willow 14
Salix gooddingii

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