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
How many times have I looked at Green June Bug? Well, I would guess thousands of times. Furthermore I often stopped to look at them. However I did not really look until now. Taking another look at the familiar and you too may see new and beautiful details! I certainly did, even on most familiar…
Yesterday, Jeanne reported 30+ Monarchs in small area at Fossil Hill! Yesterday I only saw a half dozen or so. Today was a different story. I saw over the course of my two walks 150+. And that made me happy! It was my turn for a great butterfly day! Lights out tonight please Migration Alert…
This was our third stop. Was our luck going to change? We should hoped so. After catching a bumble you had to maneuver the capture jar (ie pill bottle) into the net. Once the bumble was in the jar, carefully slide the lid on being careful not to catch a limb. And that was all…
A short time later we were at the second stop looking for more bumbles. We certainly were hoping for better luck this time. The second stop was not productive for bumbles either. In fact not a single one was seen. We saw bee flies but not much else. Hmmm, this wasn’t boding well. But with…
Now that I had found the South Plains Bumble Bee at home, it was time to go look on the grasslands. So this had been the first try of the setup capturing with a net, doing the chilling, and taking the photos in the field. I was pleased how it was working. Then we continued…
Foggy mornings are quiet like a new fallen snow to me. The dew dripped off everything making it a special morning. Study Reveals Bird-Migration Mystery Rare Jaw Fossils Discovered in Texas Shed Light on a 20-Foot-Long Mosasaur Heat Waves Can Make Bumblebees Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds. Here’s Why That’s a Problem Keep…
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. 🙂 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 “Brains” 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…