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What a beautiful day! Gracie said she needed a short hike on the grasslands so let’s go! Well, semi-short…only two hours. Gracie thought it was perfect. I liked it too 🙂 This scat was so black and then it looked like an insect decided to dig there. You take a photo of something, then you…
There is a bird’s nest up in the tree. The trees are also at the head of a seep on the hillside. I’m not sure, but maybe a vireo’s nest. Can you see the calf? It was brand new and Gracie found it. Mama watched us very carefully. She did not charge us, but closely…
Forgot to mention yesterday, I had another American Woodcock in our woods. Exciting, but alas no photo ;-( I have seen more of them this year (three total) then I have ever seen before. Also had a Fox Sparrow and Northern Harrier. Neither seen very often anymore at home. Script lichen (Alyxoria varia). It was…
The internet got fixed. YEAH! Sorta miss it when I don’t have it. So on with the grasslands photos! This is Coryphantha sulcata. One of the common names is Pineapple Cactus. It will have a pretty yellow flower with a red center. Note it has a center spine. Blue Funnel-lily (Androstephium caeruleum). It will have…
The internet device is broken at my house. It took forever to download the following two photos from grasslands on cell signal. So I will finish up the grasslands post tomorrow hopefully when the Nextlink person fixes it. We saw a half dozen of the Dainty Sulphurs! Love them! Devil’s Toenail fossil. Tons of them…
Ah, the temperature was so nice this afternoon. No breeze and 62 degrees, I could not have asked for better. Today’s mission on the grasslands was to check if the Trout Lilies (Erythronium mesochoreum) were blooming. The first critter was this Dainty Sulphur. A delightful find! I have not seen the usual numbers this winter….
This is the second part of our prairie scouting trip on Saturday. This is the Three Sisters farm. David told us he acquired the land in 1991. He named it Three Sisters for his three daughters. Nice name! The land was not in very good shape. David has been trying to restore it. He has…
It was so much fun yesterday to get out with a bunch of experts in the prairie. I always get to learn new stuff. Carol and Richard’s work show on their beautiful prairie, Clark Haven. Thank you for sharing it with us! As I mentioned yesterday, it was quite damp out. Makes it too easy…
Today I was over in Collin County at a couple of prairie sites. We were scouting for the Prairie Seeker training class for the Ft Worth NPAT to be held in May. It was foggy and damp all day. We even got lightly showered on at the second site. So I’m kinda of tire, but I…
A true bug did not make it through the cold. Yesterday’s rain of .71inch put a little bit water in our pond. Yellow Flax (Linum rigidum). My Engelmann’s Daisies (Engelmannia peristenia) are starting to come up. The fungus looks velvety. Bedstraw (Galium aparine) starting to come up. A fallen log. All the black looking stuff…