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The species, Verbesina encelioides, stunk according to Shirley. While I can smell it, I certainly don’t think it smells that bad. In fact, my olfactory instrument say the Mexican Plums are really what smell bad. LOL. So the Verbesina encelioides goes by several common names including Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard, Butter Daisy to name a…
Get outside and get the stink off was a favorite saying of my dad. It was his way to get us out of the house. However I still like the saying because I always like to get outside. Furthermore the weather does not hold me back. And today was no exception. 🙂 Then the rain…
It was a morning spent at the grasslands in a creek bottom and the nearby bottomland. However you will have to wait for that until I get it all sorted and named. Insect bites: The future of snacking is looking a little buggy NPSOT 2023 Fall Symposium Click to Register! – Prairie Seekers – Fall…
Even though it was mostly an overcast today, I still had bright spots in my day! 🙂 Twas a nice Sunday! Manatees might return to the endangered species list Groundwater in The US Is Becoming Dangerously Salty, Scientists Warn Neanderthals Might Not Be The Separate Species We Always Thought Keep looking! The more you know,…
So what did you spot today? Here’s what I found. 🙂 It was a very energetic little thing! Late last night I ID’ed as a Sunflower moth (Homoeosoma electellum)! And appropriately it was on a sunflower. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape The Glowing Secret That Mammals Have Been Hiding…
Geez, I thought the warm weather was over. Wrong! It got up to 92F today. Good to know that there are rain chances and cooler weather forecasted in the upcoming week. Fingers crossed. The First Black American to Reach the North Pole Indigenous tribes saw the ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse in a different light Early…
The sky was a clear blue. AI reads text from famously inscrutable ancient scroll for the first time Thanks Suzanne! Apple revival: how science is bringing historic varieties back to life Light pollution map Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
This weather just makes you want to get outside right? So yesterday’s beautiful cool morning pulled me out to one of my favorite units on the LBJ Grasslands! Part two of the a morning outing tomorrow. Nature’s Secret Code: How Plants “Talk” Through the Air Apple revival: how science is bringing historic varieties back to…
Yesterday and this morning we got chilly! The stunning green-eyed Robberfly (Asilidae) caught a Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)! Llano River communities fight former oil executive’s plan for a private dam A Glimpse of Extinction: Scientists Uncover Extraordinary Fossils From the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs Breathtaking View of Moon’s Shadow Over the…
The annular eclipse yesterday was magical to say the least. At Abilene State Park it was in the 88% coverage zone. One final note about the eclipse yesterday. I actually may have seen a shadow band. So I had never heard of the phenomenon before until this morning while surfing on the internet. Shadow bands…