Category: Huntsville Botanical Garden
DNA Barcoding of Plant Specimens at Huntsville Botanical Garden
Overview As part of the HudsonAlpha Biotech Academy, high school students from the Madison County area have partnered with the Huntsville Botanical Garden to collect plant samples from native Alabama species and sequence their DNA to create a genetic barcode … Continue reading
Purple Martins and Tree Swallows Return to Huntsville Botanical Garden
After wintering in South America, families of Purple Martins and Tree Swallows are returning to nesting sites in the Garden. The Martin Colony of 16 nesting gourds behind the Children’s Garden is hosting about nine pairs of martins. Tree Swallows … Continue reading
The Great Backyard Bird Count – Huntsville Botanical Garden
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) sponsored by the Garden recorded 43 species of birds and a total of 755 birds during four days of February 17 – 20. The GBBC is an annual world-wide event sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and … Continue reading