The Webster Groves Nature Study Society
The Webster Groves Nature Study Society (WGNSS) is a St. Louis Metro area society with an interest in natural history, particularly entomology, botany and ornithology.
Jennifer King
Jennifer King is an internationally acclaimed photographer with a passion for teaching and inspiring other photographers. She has been named one of fifteen “Women Photographers to Follow” by 500px.
Her U.S. based, and international workshops are rated in the top 50 world-wide by Photoshelter.
Jennifer’s photographs, videos and interviews can be found in Outdoor Photographer, Outdoor Photography Guide, Camera in the Wild, Photography Talk, Smoky Mountain Journal of Photography, SouthxSouthwest and many more.
(more…)Ruth Hoyt
Ruth Hoyt is a full-time professional nature photographer, writer, public speaker, workshop leader, coach and consultant. She has 30+ years of experience teaching nature photography and is a Certified Interpretive…
Scavenger Hunt – May 2021
Our theme for May is…Butterflies in the Wild
Due to the COVID pandemic, we have not been able to hold MONEP field trips. Although it appears
that we are making progress in the fight against COVID, it may still be awhile before we are able to
engage in in-person group activities. As we did last month, we are offering the alternative of having
a Scavenger Hunt to encourage members to go out individually in search of specific photo subjects.
This is not a contest and there are no prizes. It is meant to engage members in the same activity and
to display the many wonderful and varied images we can capture of the same type of subject. We
will create a gallery on the MONEP website to display the submissions we receive. Members can
submit up to three (3) images of butterflies outdoors. All images we receive in the month of May
will be included in the gallery. You can submit your images throughout the month and the gallery
will be created as soon as we receive the first submission, and subsequent submissions will be
added along the way. The final date for submissions for this theme is May 31st.
Monthly Meeting: April 2021
Date: Tuesday, April 20th via Zoom
Time: 7:00 PM
Presenter: Chris Hartley, the Butterfly House
Program: Missouri Native Butterflies
Learn how to identify the 25 most common butterflies in the St. Louis region from Chris Hartley, Entomologist and the Science Education Coordinator at the Butterfly House. Chris will cover field marks that are useful for ID in the field and discuss look-alike species.
(more…)Scavenger Hunt – April 2021
Anyone up for a…scavenger hunt?
As a result of this nasty pandemic thing, MONEP meetings have been relegated to Zoom sessions, and we’ve been unable to plan any club organized Field Trips. And though it appears there is light at the end of that tunnel, it may yet be some time before we’re able to engage in such activities.
As an alternative, we’re going to offer a Scavenger Hunt as something of a group activity, but done individually as opposed to gathering as a group.
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