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The rest of the box checking was by car. Yes, I could have walked but I had already spent three hours lollygagging along the other boxes. So up the road! More boxes to check so onwards up the road! Meet the Taxidermists Who Care for the Animals at Your Favorite Museums To Save Life on…
Who can blame the creatures for avoiding me and the camera. Even though I try to tell them that fame and fortune will be theirs. 😉 Time to go check more boxes… What Do Bagged Chickens Have to Do With Sliced Cheese? Mysterious Symbols on 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art Hint at an Unknown Culture Keep looking!…
Jeanne’s family was visiting. So I had volunteered to check her nest boxes at the Thomsen Foundation. Furthermore on Friday I could not have asked for a more perfect day in July! Thank you Jeanne 🙂 My pace picked up… Did a comet burst crash Earth’s climate 12,800 years ago? Dr. Marian Pettibone Discovered and…
Sure hope we get some rain soon. Friday’s rain does not count here at our house. So far this year it has been either full on or off, eh. However at least we are having cooler weather. To Save Life on Earth, Bring Back Taxonomy These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to…
The Barnett Ranch has been in the Barnett family since the mid 1800’s. Skip had invited us to visit again since the ranch was doing so well from the spring rains. Thank you Skip! A Deep-rooted Prairie Myth Thanks Claire! Ancient Cave Ritual From 10,000 Years Ago May Be World’s Oldest Tradition Keep looking! The…
After the Potato-vine our next stop was on the sides of the roads on June 27th. Indeed what a lovely day it had been, dust and all. 🙂 Today’s weather was so so nice. We actually had a low in the afternoon of 68F! Inbreeding Not to Blame For Wooly Mammoth Extinction, Surprising Study Finds…
Yesterday was the First Wednesday outing and eight of us braved the heat. Well, nine including Briar. Everyone survived the morning! Indeed Briar had the right idea for the hot morning. Happy 4th of July! The science of fireworks Humans to Blame For Megafauna Extinctions, New Study Suggests Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series – Digitizing Texas’…
We were visiting some of my favorite Shirley spots on our Thursday (June 27) road trip. The Cliff Swallows were circling above us. The Estuary Smothered by a Thousand Logs ‘Desert moss can survive on Mars,’ claim scientists from China Texas armadillos are actually a different species than previously thought, study says Thanks Suzanne! Keep…
Thursday (June 27th) was the last quail survey for June. There will be several more in July. Time to move further down the road! Noctilucent clouds: Best season in years, happening now! A new horned dinosaur from the Montana badlands Chemical reaction used by cooks may have helped create life on Earth – study Thanks…