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A day or so ago, a person was asking me about the LBJ Grasslands. So in the process of answering the questions, I came across several things you can access for free. Who doesn’t like free? 🙂 For the First Time – Researchers Finally Classify All of Earth’s Ecosystems Highest Coral Cover in Central, Northern…
T’was a frosty morning on November 17th! However, it soon warmed up and was the perfect day for collecting plants. In addition to the aforementioned plants, I collected these as well; Willow-leaf Sunflower, skullcap, Hypericum, seeds of Silphium laciniatum. Now I just hope to keep them alive. Wish me luck! 🙂 Today, November 20 was…
Hold on, wait a minute! Your citrus in the Texas Valley is safe for now. But what about here in North Texas overnight? Our low was 32 degrees this morning. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
What to do on a cold November day? So I had just read Jack Chiles’ Hagerman NWR bird census results for Nov. 15 on Wednesday. Geese are back! Sounded like the don’t-need-to-get-out-of-a-perfertly-warm-car adventure! Jim was game, so off we went. Indeed, I hope all of you found a way to stay warm! Furthermore, you might…
It had been another great outing, but it was time to head back to the car. This did not mean that we would not stop along the way. 😉 Not sure when our next warm day will be. The wonderful grasslands! And Happy National Hiking Day! I did my part and did a hike today….
We were almost to the woods now. It was alive! The Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae) larva was wearing its camo clothing. Very effective don’t you think? Last part of the November 10th in the next post! The World’s Largest Tree Is Ready for its Close-Up Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and…
I was still searching for the Thurber’s Pilostyles. However we had enough of bending over. So down we went towards the woods. Between the barrens and the woods, additional treasures were found. Even though it was a cool morning, many hexapods (six-legged arthropods) were out. Don’t let a cool morning stop you from exploring. In…
Yes, the temperature was cool on November 10th. However, I find it “cool” to be on the barrens anytime. 🙂 Evolution of the tree roots may have caused mass extinction 300 million years ago Document Detectives Use Smudges and Bloodstains to Investigate the Past For More Than 60 Years, Indigenous Alaskans Have Hosted Their Own…
After going to visit in Oregon, I am always ready to get home. There is certainly no shortage of treasures here. November 10th was the last warmish day before the cold front came through. And Jeanne and I took advantage of the day! We headed out to the LBJ grasslands. Everyone try to stay warm…
This was the chronicle of the Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes). At least a portion of its life, from larva to chrysalis. movie osmeterium Of course I had to pet it to watch the horns (osmeterium) pop out. The osmeterium is inflated with air as a defense mechanism. Who would want to bother a snake…