<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:2724.51px"><div id="m_-5167705056810537902m_-2048929648629966387m_2779763055988709736m_4515624086971174666gmail-m_-3021384907117052131gmail-m_9021328123229864914gmail-m_-2045171194478139567gmail-:122" style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="m_-5167705056810537902m_-2048929648629966387m_2779763055988709736m_4515624086971174666gmail-m_-3021384907117052131gmail-m_9021328123229864914gmail-m_-2045171194478139567gmail-:12m"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Austin Butterfly Forum invites all to join us in the following zoom meeting:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Monday, March 22, 2021, at 7 pm CST: </b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Manfreda Conservation Survey: In Search of Rare Species, </b>presented by Marianna T. Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Zoom link: </font></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87269323860">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87269323860</a> - link is also on our <a href="http://austinbutterflies.org/index.html" target="_blank">Austin Butterfly Forum</a> website.</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">The National Butterfly Center is leading the charge to learn more about</font> Manfreda maculosa <font face="tahoma, sans-serif">(</font>Texas Tuberose)<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> and the critically imperiled butterfly that needs it to survive. Citizen scientists are needed to help with the first phase of this conservation project, upon which we hope to build a comeback for this rare, native host plant and its "ghost," the Manfreda Giant-Skipper.</span></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">The National Butterfly Center is seeking landowners and volunteers to participate in a Manfreda conservation survey. The purpose of this survey is to locate, observe and identify Manfreda species in South Texas. This flowering succulent is native to the Tamaulipan Thorn-scrub (roughly Del Rio to San Antonio to Corpus Christi south to ne Mexico)<br></div> <br>Manfreda is significant to us because it is the only known host plant for the <b>Manfreda Giant-Skipper</b>, a G1, Globally Critically Imperiled, butterfly species.<br> <br>Since most of South Texas is private property, the participation of landowners is especially important to the success of this survey.</div> <br>We are seeking participants in the following counties: Aransas, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, Medina, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Willacy, Wilson and Zapata.</div><div><br></div><div>Volunteers can sign up here: <a href="https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/join-national-butterfly-center/manfreda-survey">https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/join-national-butterfly-center/manfreda-survey</a><br><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Marianna T. Wright is a passionate advocate for Texas' natural treasures. As executive director of the National Butterfly Center, she is leading the charge to protect and preserve the creatures and features that make South Texas so special.</font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote">More details on the project here: <a href="https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/nbc-multi-media/in-the-news">https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/nbc-multi-media/in-the-news</a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Photos of south Texas Manfreda species: <a href="https://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/manfreda.htm">https://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/manfreda.htm</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><img src="cid:ii_kmcqovth1" alt="Manfreda.png" width="543" height="455"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">_______________________________</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">__</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);line-height:1.3333;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;word-break:break-word"><b>Zoom Instructions</b></span></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);line-height:1.3333;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;word-break:break-word">Join this monthly Zoom Meeting via your ZO</span><font color="#050505">OM app. (Be sure you have the latest version of the Zoom app.)</font><font color="#ff0000"><i> </i></font><font color="#050505">Please consider logging on early if this is your first time to join us so we can assist with any difficulties that might arise. (The following is the permanent ID for this and all future meetings.)</font></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="line-height:1.3333;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;word-break:break-word"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Meeting ID: 872 6932 3860</font></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="line-height:1.3333;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;word-break:break-word"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">To join by browser:<br><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87269323860?fbclid=IwAR3F56VvI3LuoSS3cfCZv7jtyEgsGvEkpK6-RoME0AIGmlx1-ohbaNwkTOU" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87269323860</a></font></span></div><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">_______________________________</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>2021 ABF membership dues </b>are due. I</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent">ndividual membership is $20 and household membership is $25. You can now pay by <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/austinbutterflyforum" target="_blank">following this link to Paypal</a>. Please include your contact info in the note section. </span></font><font style="background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><font color="#ff0000"> </font></i></font></p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">______________________________</p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">A recording of the <b>February </b>zoom presentation by
Marc Minno on "Cuba and Its Fantastic Biodiversity" can be viewed here:</p><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1-xbTlU2ypoDirtVJUyErahPi-cCvvfbhV9_2ueSMuOieF_f_K5II1IeSVvHommC.-qhRtVwGgd7eoC1Y" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1-xbTlU2ypoDirtVJUyErahPi-cCvvfbhV9_2ueSMuOieF_f_K5II1IeSVvHommC.-qhRtVwGgd7eoC1Y</a> </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>or: <a href="http://bit.ly/3bFRIIl" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/3bFRIIl</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Passcode: YYKTGx5$</div></blockquote>Note, I failed to record the first ~10 minutes of Marc Minno's great presentation.</div><div>______________________________</div><div><br></div><div>Our <b>April </b>presentation will be by
Betsy Betros on her extensive surveys on the butterflies in the Kansas City region.</div><div>______________________________</div><div><br></div><div>Please forward this announcement to any potential interested parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all!</div><div><br></div><div>Mike Quinn, vp programs</div><div>Austin Butterfly Forum</div><div>512-577-0250 - cell</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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