Babies!

Babies!

The air traffic is heavy. Where? Outside at our backyard nest box. Traffic Noise Is Changing Birdsong and Fueling Aggression in the Galápagos A Century Ago, Pioneering Astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Showed Us What Stars Are Made Of Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip Spring 2025 Plant Sales…

Quick-moving

Quick-moving

So it has been working out that I have been going out to the grasslands in the afternoons. When the wind is blowing the hardest. Well, a little wind won’t stop me. FYI, these photos were taken on windy Tuesday. Today would have been great with little wind, but alas I other things to do….

Tallest on the Prairie

Tallest on the Prairie

The wind was really whipping as it has for many days. Well, it certainly feels that way. Glad my pack was heavy so I didn’t blow away. LOL. See the year’s fastest sunsets and sunrises around equinoxes Why Do Shorebirds Stand on One Leg? Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler’s…

Second Half

Second Half

Second half of the morning at Wylie’s. It was great to see Wylie’s property again. Thank you Wylie! Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever New Plant Species Discovered in Big Bend National Park…

One Year Ago to the Day

One Year Ago to the Day

Jeanne and I were off to visit Wyle’s property in Cooke County. Strangely enough we were returning on the same date as a year ago. And Wyle had time to join us. Additionally we really appreciated the nice transportation to the backside of his property. We continued on searching for a moss, Venturiella. Texas House…

Ok Just a Few More

Ok Just a Few More

So I am going to back up with a few more photos from the Friday NPSOT pop up field trip. This was after the two rare plants that I had wanted to share in yesterday’s post. Now we were no longer on a slope but in open prairie. Garden for Birds – Great Backyard Bird…

Big Smiles

Big Smiles

Friday was a pop-up NPSOT Trinity Forks field trip. With little notice, only one person was able to come. The prediction had been for wind and dust. It got windy as the morning progressed. However, the dust was only barely started as we finished up. Great field trip! Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a…

Wrap Up and Blood Moon

Wrap Up and Blood Moon

Go have some pi because it is March 14th (3-14), Happy Pi Day! Happy Pi Day! Find ways to celebrate here Yesterday I left you on the Anadarche Creek Trail. The rain definitely slow us down. So we look forward to going back to explore further. Definitely a great trip! Thanks Jeanne! Lost for 13,000…

Reaching the Lake

Reaching the Lake

Trails can go for miles. Hikers and bike riders can cover the distance. However, I’m in for the slow and observing mode of exploring. 🙂 This was a very interesting trail! The truth about dinosaur behavior from hints in fossils See Magnificent Monkeys From Around the World in These Shots From the Smithsonian Magazine Photo…