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Today I was over in Collin County at a couple of prairie sites. We were scouting for the Prairie Seeker training class for the Ft Worth NPAT to be held in May. It was foggy and damp all day. We even got lightly showered on at the second site. So I’m kinda of tire, but I…
A true bug did not make it through the cold. Yesterday’s rain of .71inch put a little bit water in our pond. Yellow Flax (Linum rigidum). My Engelmann’s Daisies (Engelmannia peristenia) are starting to come up. The fungus looks velvety. Bedstraw (Galium aparine) starting to come up. A fallen log. All the black looking stuff…
I have divided up the rest of the grasslands outing photos into two posts, one for today and another for the next post. This was cool gnarl. I see a head with arms wrapping around in a cloak. A nice knot hole. It was completely see-thru! This was my favorite tree roots of the day!…
What a difference in the weather from last week, eh! Our low was 39.8 and high was 80.8 degrees today. We went out on the grasslands on this great day. And with the warm temperature, I did not even need a jacket. Actually was a bit warm by the end of the hike. I will…
Low was 27.9 and high was 71.5. Perfect weather! Stump face…LOL Bee was busy but slow! Prairie Parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii) rosette getting bigger. It is a Black Swallowtail host plant. On our back pond, it was busy. Beside the obvious larger insect on top of the water, there were these very tiny (like mite size) red critters…
The low was 43.2 and it made it up to 67.6, but by 3pm it had fallen back to 61. Still no complaints here. 🙂 Of course the millipedes were out first thing this morning! I found these tiny feathers this morning. I’m thinking it might be a Savannah Sparrow’s. This was all I found….
Well, my prediction was right that I made yesterday 🙂 The Spring Beauty did bloom! A Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla) was open for business too! Kinda surprise to see the frost this morning. Not sure why since the low was 23.3 degrees. Frost/ice on the concrete. 8:30am. 2:30pm and 57 degrees. This little patch of…
So happy it is warming up today and all sunshine! To change it up it up a bit, here is the iron oxidizing bacteria sample I collected… This is from the Feb 8th outing at the grasslands. It took me several days of looking under the microscope to go thru the whole sample. And the…
What is that strange ball of light trying to shine through?? Old well house. Some critter broke through the door back in the fall. Tracks are leading in and out of it this morning. About 10am, a shadow! But the sun still had not fully come out. Dark-eyed Junco was ready to eat! Yum, she…