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
0.68″ was our rain total last night! Wonderful way to start the fall season. I know some of you got more, but no complaints here at the Pollinator Ranch. đ Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal⌠Except One Birds Form Surprising Relationships With Other Avian Species During Migration, Study Suggests Tiny Trackers…
Continuing along with the bottomland outing. Get down close to see the slime molds on a stick! These were less than 3 or 4 mm high. Could Plants Be Intelligent? New Research Reveals That Light-Based Signals Could Be the Key To Plant âBrainsâ One of Texas’ most popular state parks is about to get much…
They are back again, Green-lip Ladies-tresses (Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis)!!! Love the changing seasons! Each has its own special treasures! South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests See 15 Amazing Photos of Beautiful Birds Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you…
Every day has the potential to learn something new. And that makes me happy! Keep learning! Equinox sun rises due east and sets due west Scientists Play Matchmaker for Beloved Sea Snails in the Florida Keys Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466…
Back to the bottomland outing! It was a good morning for the slime molds so far! Darwinâs Fear Was Unjustified: New Study Confirms Evolution Despite Fossil Gaps We May Have Found Where Modern Humans And Neanderthals Became One See the Wonders of Bird Engineering in These Photos of Intricate Nests Keep looking! The more you…
Continuing on with the hunt for fungi! Onward we rambled! The Big City Is Vibrant. Birds There Might Be Getting Less So. A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable Survival of the Smartest: Cognitive Skills Linked to Longer Lifespan in Chickadees Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
On September 10th, Jeanne joined up with me for a “fun gals” outing. I still had an itch for fungi (fun-guy). đ Off we headed! Indeed the fun-gals and fungi (fun-guy) were off to a good start! Scientists Discover Strange Ancient Creature That Resembles a Durian Fruit Do Marine Animals Need Wildlife Bridges, Too? Keep…
Now it was time to circle back towards the car. So it pays to get down close to find some really cool insects! Donât Miss Septemberâs Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse Famed Pacific islandâs population âcrashâ debunked by ancient DNA Ig Nobel prize: Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive award…
Continuing on with for my search for fungi in the woodland bottom! More tomorrow from the woodland bottom! Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Turns Out to Be Worth Over $1 Million Underwater spy: How herring fish farts caused confusion during Cold War These Fish Transformed Their Dorsal Fins Into Taste Buds Keep looking! The…