Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
Yesterday we found some neat wildlife. Not the furry kind, never the less…pretty darn cool! While editing and naming my photos I heard someone banging on the window. Wonderful day! These Fruit Trees Turn CO₂ Into Stone – And Might Just Save the Planet ‘Nothing Short of Magical’: Scientists Discover a Dinosaur Bone Nearly 800…
Today Jeanne and I finished the second half of the second round of the LBJNG quail survey. Indeed the avian breeding season is almost over. Thanks Judy and Miguel for sharing! Scientists discover giant 3,000-year-old trees never before seen by humans Thanks Judy! 2,000 ‘plastivore’ caterpillars can gobble a stubborn plastic bag in 24 hours…
This morning started the second site visiting for the LBJ Quail Survey. The goal is to visit each survey point three times a season. So how did the survey go? The post title says it all. 🙂 At three of the six points we heard a total of five lovely Bobwhites calling. Music to our…
What do you grow in your garden? Do you grow veggies for you and your family? Or maybe you are growing a pollinator garden for the insect friends. Perhaps you do both. Great! Moreover each year I have been waiting for a Five-spotted Hawk Moth (Manduca quinquemaculatus) cat to show up. Someday I hope. Until…
I don’t go far because there is always something that will stop me. So fun to stop and watch. Like I did for this Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura) chowing down. Common Farm Chemical Is Accelerating the Insect Apocalypse Neanderthals boiled bones in ‘fat factories’ to enrich their lean diet Oregon Backyard June 24-29, 2025…
The other day you may recall I was at the Windmill Lake. Well, after I finished looking for my sunglasses I went further. Capturing the crab spider takes more than a few shots. So I’m twisting the flower around when I get another cat too! Never miss a chance to explore the LBJ NG! Orcas…
Summer is a great time to take a close look at our neighbors, the insects! Indeed insects are certainly fascinating neighbors! New Study Overturns 50-Year Assumption About Fish Schools The Big Picture 2025 Your Food Packaging Is Shedding Microplastics Into Every Meal, Study Reveals Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking!…
I felt very lucky to have been a part of Randy’s life. Even if it was just a short time. Though in the over scheme of Randy’s adult life I witness 16% of his adult time. Which in human years would be about 10 years. If I calculated it right. FYI I let him go…
Yesterday I was back checking nest boxes. And what a nice day to do it with the over-casted sky! A great finish to the morning! Brown Bear Alaska LiveCam Rethinking Human Origins: Study Debunks Theory of Climate-Driven Evolution in Africa One statistical analysis must not rule them all Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend…
Happy Independence Day! Where the action happened over night! Then Randy climbed to the top. Notice that at this point that he still doesn’t have the Z on his wings. Randy is a Resh Cicada (Megatibicen resh). This species is not the loudest to sing in the summer for us in the US. But at…