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
Yesterday was a wonderful day to be at the grasslands. The morning was cloudy, cool and with a few raindrops sprinkled in. My bird list of 19 species included the following: American RobinCarolina Chickadee – sawCarolina WrenEastern Wood-PeweeGreat Crested FlycatcherGreen Heron – sawIndigo Bunting – sawLouisiana Waterthrush – sawMourning Dove – sawNorthern Cardinal – sawNorthern…
Well, I bet you were waiting on pins and needles to know the answer to was it coming or going from yesterday’s post. 😉 So I will get right to the answer. Yep the Bluebells were blooming! However this field was not loaded with plants this year. Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
Y’all have heard the saying one person’s junk is another’s treasure, right? I believe this can be applied to nature as well. Kathy made this video of the dung beetle with its treasure. “They roll it backwards a little, stop, climb on top then survey their direction before continuing with the rolling. They are fascinating.”…
It is so very nice to see so many butterflies and moths out today. As I started my afternoon walk there were lots of Little Yellows, Orange Sulphurs, Mexican Yellows and Sachems! Orange sherbet sounds pretty good today. LOL Our high today was only 104.6F, heat index high 117.3F, and low humidity of 32%. It…
I will just say it…it is hot! Warning the following may be hard to see or not. We Have a New Clue About What Wiped Out The Megalodon – It May Have Been Warm Blooded Can These 7 Things Keep Mosquitoes Away From You? Here’s What The Science Says. Scientists use microscopy to investigate the…
Do you enjoy visitors at your house? We certainly do. Family, friends, and critters are my favorite visitors 🙂 A food offering! Fresh yummy cantaloupe from Vann’s Farm Produce in Forestburg. Well Myrtle wanted nothing to do with me or the cantaloupe. Merrily she was on her way! New study reveals hummingbirds get drunk on…
The thistles are some of my favorite plants. In fact the genus Cirsiums were the first plants that I tried by hand at keying. So I am fond of them. Additionally it is a magnet for insects! FYI, most of these photos were taken in just a fifteen minute time span in our yard. 🙂…
Nectaries are small glands that secrete nectar in plants. However to complicate things there is an additional place where these glands are located. When the glands are located outside the flower they are referred to extra-floral nectaries. Some scientists think the extra-floral nectaries provide an enticement to insects to help protect against other insects. The…
Well, it was dang hot so of course we planned our afternoon mostly in the car. And we were going to visit old friends of Shirley’s. Certainly it is always great to visit Shirley’s old plant friends. And I like to think of them as my old friends now as well. 🙂 Every 17 Years,…