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
What to do on another hot day? Well, short walks of course. 🙂 Bigger, earlier and itchier: Why poison ivy loves climate change What sounds did sabertooths make? Scientists investigate Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Going out to explore nature leads to all kinds of new observations. And of course I learn new things about our fellow creatures! However my plan for the day was to observe a colony of Chimney Bees (Emphorini) that I had located last year. I took my time getting close to the colony. I was…
I took my walk before lunch and stayed out longer than I thought I would. I was in our field so there was no worries about getting too hungry. 😉 Snacks are always close at hand. Selecting Plants for Pollinators by Ecoregion Research Reveals The Creepy Way Greedy Gulls Decide What to Eat Keep looking!…
It was cloudy the day we went out. But that didn’t matter much since we in understory. Cloudy days however do make it harder to keep oriented in the right direction. Leaving grass to grow is easier, looks good, and supports pollinators A Scientist Says He’s Solved the Bermuda Triangle, Just Like That Keep looking!…
Here is a zoom presentation you should not miss! It includes these women, Geyata Ajilvsgi, Connie Taylor, Agnes Chase, and our very own Shirley Lusk! A little help… (This was my original title to the blog, but it got pushed off the front for Shirley. 🙂 She was my botany mentor as she was to…
The mailbox is about a quarter mile from the house. Always an enjoyable walk for me. And so I had just finished reading this article, A Mystery Solved: Why Does Coral Glow?. Why and what glows under a UV light often crosses my mind. Hence, the UV question was fresh on my mind today as…
I bet everyone is buzzing about the chances of rain, eh! I sure have my fingers crossed. However, a lot of our wildlife and plants are prepared to carry on. Sure not all will make it which of course is sad. Citizen Science Leads to Discovery of New Wasp Species on Garden Grounds Jumping spiders…
Do you still have your fingers crossed for rain over the next couple of days? I do! And this evening I heard the Rain Crow or Yellow-billed Cuckoo talking. Hope its forecast is good. 🙂 Additionally, two Common Nighthawks were squawking overhead. Love them! The magnificent moths of the Catskill mountains – in pictures Plant…
Our high temperature today was 102 degrees. Fingers crossed for a chance of rain soon! Trees Are Overrated Rio Grande Runs Dry in Albuquerque Marjory Stephenson Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Kathy said the cold front never made it down there (Hill Country). And the heat was being pestiferous. In fact, I think she has that right! 🙂 Well despite pestiferous heat I still found myself making another short outing to the grasslands this morning. What can I say, a glutton for punishment. LOL. How technology…