Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon

On this past dreary Sunday, we headed over to Hagerman NWR! The Jack Chiles report on Texbirds listserve said there were quite a few geese. Off we went! More tomorrow from Hagerman! Grass evolution and the fossil record Where Do Butterflies Migrate From? Clues Can Be Found in Pollen on Their Bodies Here’s the tech…

Hummer and Fog

Hummer and Fog

Today’s post will start with three photos from Michelle. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_hummingbird Conservation status: “In 2018, the rufous hummingbird was uplisted from least concern to near threatened on the IUCN Red List, on the basis that due to its reliance on insect prey during the wintering season, it will be heavily affected by the global decline…

Hike and Party

Hike and Party

Ahhh, the end of year hike and party for the NPAT Fort Worth chapter! Yippee! Indeed what a wonderful day with the NPAT group! The Real Story Behind Netflix’s ‘The Six Triple Eight,’ a New Tyler Perry Film About the Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion A recent orca sighting recalls a mystifying…

What I Found

What I Found

Obviously the following photos were not taken today. (It was cloudy and wet today). I had gone back to a unit where I thought I had left my knife a few days ago. However, I didn’t find my knife. Moreover yesterday I was searching my pack for another thing and I found my knife. LOL….

Frosting Friday

Frosting Friday

Brrr, it was a mite cold this morning! 27F was our low! Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper  Thanks Jeanne! Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’ Oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, is back with an egg! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…

Works For People Too

Works For People Too

Yesterday you saw the results that Briar got from getting out on the grasslands. Well I am here to tell you it works for people too. 😉 And in case you didn’t know… yesterday was the first Wednesday of the month. So of course that meant taking a group to the grasslands! Had Briar spilled…

Brain Rot

Brain Rot

If you read the article, Writer Thoreau warned of brain rot in 1854. Now it’s the Oxford Word of 2024, you are familiar with the term brain rot. A therapy to help cure brain rot is no further than stepping out into nature’s theater. 🙂 Yep just like Thoreau it pays to get away! Just…

Persimmons!

Persimmons!

So do you have special traditions that you do on Thanksgiving/Indigenous Day holiday weekend? Stuff your face of course. LOL. Maybe you shop or like me get outside. Friday after friends left, we headed across the field to our persimmon tree. Wes has plans to make preserves. Yum! Will this be a new tradition for…

Each Time

Each Time

Each time I go out I find something new that is beautiful. Even if it was virtually on the same path I took before. On Thanksgiving Day before our family arrived I headed back to the same unit. This has been the unit I have been posting about in the previous four posts. Yep, each…

Find a Friend

Find a Friend

Every time I go outside, I am greeted by friends both old and new! Indeed you are never alone in nature! Solar superstorm in 664 BCE recorded in tree rings The Rise of The Dinosaurs Can Be Tracked in Their Fossilized Poop Easing the Biodiversity Crisis One Flowerpot at a Time Keep looking! The more…