The Drive-About tour continued onwards. Yesterday I left you with the bladderpod. We spent a good time along this section of the road. Well, not long enough to get too hot.
So we did find another Thurber’s Pilostyles (Pilostyles thurberi) on this section of the road!
In fact, we found a total of three Black Dalea with the Pilostyles on them. However, this is in Montague County. I sure hope we eventually find it on the grasslands. But it kinda too hot to be going on the barrens right now. The flowers can persist on the Dalea for a long time. So the hope is to do a more thorough search in the cooler months.
Even the moss on the roadside is on break. Maybe a rain this coming week will perk it up! Fingers crossed!!!
This is the preferred method…binoculars that day. The binoculars are an important tool for field work and not just birds. In fact, we had to use the binos to see the Devil’s Claw way out in a field.
These tunas were close enough to the road, I just had to step up a little bank to reach them.
I hope the other tunas make it. Since this is closer to the Red River, I bet they had gotten more rain.
Most of the creeks we passed over were as dry as a bone The exception was this one. However, it was getting its water from the river. Red-eared sliders were observed, but no photos.
New growth coming back after a recent wildfire near the Red River!
A Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum) had escaped the fire. It was next to the road. More tomorrow on the DA Tour!
I’m so excited you found another pilostyles!!
We were 😃
Im now a woodrat fan. Precious critter.
Hooray for another Pilostyles sighting! Binocs come in very handy, don’t they?
Sure do!