Drowned Vertebrates

Drowned Vertebrates

Today on the LBJ Grasslands we went looking for drowned vertebrates in the water troughs. Specifically for drowned bats. So I had read a paper that said bats sometimes drowned in water troughs out west. Well, this needed to be checked out. There were 8 troughs to be surveyed. Though we only did 6 today….

Sunday outing

Sunday outing

A friend of Suzanne told her the Trout Lilies at Tandy Hills Natural Area were blooming now. To be or not to be as Shakespeare wrote, so were they poking up here yet? Sunday the 19th and off I went searching for the Trout Lilies on the grasslands. Moreover, the water leads to the small…

Leaving the grotto

Leaving the grotto

The grotto just by itself is amazing, but still there are plenty more to see down stream from the grotto. Onwards we went! To Impress Lady Birds, Male Sparrows Sing Their Songs on Shuffle Scientists Can Spot Shrimp Eggs From Space Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years…

Finally…

Finally…

Finally in this post, we make it to the grotto :-). And we are not disappointed with the wonders! Evidence of Europe’s first Homo sapiens found in French cave Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022 results gallery Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Wounds – A Potential Case of Medication? Keep looking! The more you know,…

Before dawn…

Before dawn…

I left the house before dawn, but I did not start the exploring until the sun had been up for a half hour. It was pretty nice at the grasslands this morning. A breeze would have been welcome. But none was too be had ’til we got a slight breeze on the way back to…

Playas

Playas

This is the last of the photos from the May 27th outing. We had stayed in the woods on the side of hill below the limestone barrens for the first half of the outing. There was a breeze that day, so it was pleasant even out in the sun on the barrens which was the…