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
It is always nice to be back home. And in the spring so much has grown. Additionally it is interesting to see which plants appreciated the late winter and spring rain schedule nature provided. So many animals appreciate the Prairie Parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii) from bees to butterflies and more. Also it is the host plant…
Down to the last day at Caddo NG. Critters, lichens, fungi, and plants, we found them all. 🙂 In brief it was a week of wonderful finds at the Caddo National Grasslands! Completely Reassessing Our Understanding of Plant Domestication – Early Crop Plants Were More Easily “Tamed” Knotty by Nature: Blackworms and the Secrets of…
The Caddo NG is a great place to see so many different critters. So we were lucky enough to happen upon several snakes and turtles and spiders. Yippee! Luck was with me and I had my camera ready for the escape. Indeed, it was terrific to see all these animals! Spiders Can Get So Hungry…
So is it legal to have too much fun? Whether or not, that is my goal. LOL The second day certainly was just as fun as the first with more great discoveries! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
For the next few days my posts will be from Bonham SP and the Caddo NG. I really love coming here to see new plants and critters. We are going to have a wonderful adventure here this week! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
What a lovely day to be in the field with Jeff Quayle! Jeff has been doing a plant survey for the owner of Chalk Mountain Ranch south of Glen Rose for several years now. Jeff organized a field trip and I was lucky enough to join the group. I didn’t get home until 6pm, but…
My fun finds today! The little Calligrapher Fly (Toxomerus marginatus) can be found in many habitats. The larvae prey on aphids, thrips and small caterpillars. (BugGuide). Crazy wing action! A blinking fish reveals clues as to how our ancestors evolved from water to land Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and…