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
Quail surveys start at sunrise. Additionally the protocol says we must be finished by 8am. Each survey point should be done three times. So this will take a couple of weeks to complete the whole survey. After the morning survey there will be time to do a hike or a driving tour before it gets…
Indeed, the Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex) was my best find on the First Wed outing. I found it at the very end of the outing. So she was just traveling along slowly. Most of the time I find the Rainbow Scarabs in a pile of poop. So since she was nowhere near a pile, I…
Yesterday was the First Wednesday outing. Guess how many were there…three, Jeanne, Jerry and myself. Call us glutens for nature. LOL Even though I had been to the same area several days ago I saw different stuff. Nature is just like that eh! So my best find for me yesterday will be featured in another…
We have set up our wildlife camera in our woods. And this video will make you smile…guaranteed! First customers! We may have a good summer business! Record number of sunspots observed in June has solar scientists worried Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Tagged by Source El Niño is here — how bad will it be? It’s Official:…
All I had to do was post on yesterday’s blog rain was welcomed. And we got a nice rain 1.05′ last night. No window or car washing or rain dance needed. LOL Happy Fourth of July! Attempting to Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk Has Been a Summer Pastime for Over 100 Years How did…
July 1st was such an amazing day with the low temperatures at Black Creek Lake. Yes, I still am hoping for another one of those days soon. However it looks like the forecast is predicting HOT. A wonderful place to visit Black Creek Lake on the LBJ NG! Everyone stay cool! Some Newts Lay a…
Yesterday was a wonderful day to be at the grasslands. The morning was cloudy, cool and with a few raindrops sprinkled in. My bird list of 19 species included the following: American RobinCarolina Chickadee – sawCarolina WrenEastern Wood-PeweeGreat Crested FlycatcherGreen Heron – sawIndigo Bunting – sawLouisiana Waterthrush – sawMourning Dove – sawNorthern Cardinal – sawNorthern…
Well, I bet you were waiting on pins and needles to know the answer to was it coming or going from yesterday’s post. 😉 So I will get right to the answer. Yep the Bluebells were blooming! However this field was not loaded with plants this year. Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
Y’all have heard the saying one person’s junk is another’s treasure, right? I believe this can be applied to nature as well. Kathy made this video of the dung beetle with its treasure. “They roll it backwards a little, stop, climb on top then survey their direction before continuing with the rolling. They are fascinating.”…