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Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
A few days ago, Jim heard a noise from the normally quiet residents of the Curry Foster Homes before I had gotten up. They live in tiny homes (jars) next to where we drink our tea and coffee. So I took it back to a Post Oak for its release. In this case, there was…
It has been a crazy, yet very busy and fun few days. Yesterday, I tagged along with Jeff and four others. Jeff was looking for Jack-in-the-Pulpit or as I have always called it, the Green-dragon (Arisaema triphyllum). Thanks Jeff for the invite to tag along! The uplifting science of how dandelion seeds stay aloft Keep…
So we were now heading up the hill. All along I had a place that I want to reach. However, we were certainly not in hurry to get there. There was so much to see. Of course, that meant going slow. Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil Keep looking! The more…
The grasslands were originally purchased in the Dust Bowl by the government. So many of the ponds and terraces were constructed to keep further damage from occurring and stop the soil from blowing and eroding away. To be sure, I for one am glad they did. When The Pandemic Came, The Zoos Shut, And The…
So it is only five days away from spring now. In fact, the vernal equinox happens on March 20th this year. As you have probably noticed so much has already started to emerge from their winter slumber. Air Pollution Destroys Sexual Pheromones – Impairs Successful Mating of Flies Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological…
Today, I said I would get to some of the residents of Curry Foster Home. So here we go! So I do have more residents, but the above ones are a few of the photos I took today. However, I have one more that popped out this morning! Perhaps you remember the post, Yucca larva?…
Today was pretty chilly and cloudy. I decided to work on a bug that had been dead in a collection jar for a few days. And so the time really flew by as I tried to ID it. However, this afternoon I had enough of the indoors. So I hopped in the car to go…
Indeed, the seeps were really running on Monday the 6th. Certainly, the seeps in Wise County were running even more after the almost two inches we got a few days later. So now I stopped to admire the water, algae and bubbles! The first find in the seep! So this creature was only four or…
Going out with other folks can lead to increasing one’s knowledge. And thanks to Suzanne, I now know what the stub of the plant was in the post East Side. Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills Keep looking! The more you know, the more you…
A good bit of the outing (March 6th) we looked for and at the Trout Lilies (Erythronium mesochoreum). And why shouldn’t we, they are so darn cute. They spread themselves out unlike their cousins, Erythronium albidum. Both species of the aforementioned are secure (G4) in their status in Texas. However, in several other states the…