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
In this hot weather you are probably changing into a fresh set of clothes often. But like other creatures, we are shedding more than our artificial coverings (ie clothes). Humans lose 200,000 skin cells every hour or around five million skin cells in a day. The process is called desquamation. So like other creatures, we…
On today’s walk, several critters brought joy to my day. And hopefully yours as well! I carefully got close to get a close up shot and movie. As you can see, the snake watched Gracie as she walked passed me and the snake. 🙂 Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees,…
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is also known scientifically as the frequency illusion. You buy a car and suddenly you see the same model everywhere. Or perhaps get a new plant from the nursery, and now everyone else seems to have them as well. So now we are seeing “what ever” everywhere right. Well, sometimes it happens with…
Up early this morn for the quail survey. And we had good luck! Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don’t protect their brains when headbanging trees Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
On the second day of the quail survey, I was lucky! Two bobwhites calling. One each on two different units! There are twelve locations which I listen for five minutes at a location. I will repeat this two more times at each location. The following photos are from Sunday after we finished the survey. Researchers…
We were out before dawn at the grasslands. It was quail survey day. Indeed our hopes were high. But alas no bobwhites were detected that Sunday morning. Meet the Scientist Who Maps the World’s Past and Present Plants Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
Certainly is the time of year not to pass on the drive-about tours! See something interesting and stop then hop back in the cool car. 😉 Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
There are several plants in North Texas that are parasitic. Meaning they need a host plant to survive. For example, mistletoe is one such plant. Today’s post will be about three less familiar species. Each has a different strategy. Different strategies make for a very interesting world. And now that I have found Pilostyles in…