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
Brrr, it was a mite cold this morning! 27F was our low! Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper Thanks Jeanne! Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’ Oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, is back with an egg! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
Now we were passed the dam and heading to the north on the Onion Trail. Goodness it was a hot bed of activity! So the next time you pass by a pile of scat, slow down. You might find some great animals! The Early Bird Got the Cicada, Then an Evolutionary Air War Started Pollination…
Nature uses many ways to deceive for many purposes. It might be to lure or an avoidance tactic. Mimicry is one way which is the close resemblance of plant or another animal. An example is the Viceroy butterfly mimicing a Monarch. Others go for camouflage. Spiders masquerade as ants to scare predators away, study finds…
Merriam-Webster has several definitions for scat. The third one said it was jazz singing with nonsense syllables. Indeed it could be a jazzy type cafe that you might to try if named that? Of course most of you (including me) that is not the definition I think of when you mention the word scat. Animal…
This weather just makes you want to get outside right? So yesterday’s beautiful cool morning pulled me out to one of my favorite units on the LBJ Grasslands! Part two of the a morning outing tomorrow. Nature’s Secret Code: How Plants “Talk” Through the Air Apple revival: how science is bringing historic varieties back to…
First kudos to Alan (Shirley’s son) and all the presenters at the zoom presentation at the zoom Armchair Botany: Women Documenting the Floras of Texas and Oklahoma! The women botanists were amazing scientists! When I find out where you can watch the recording I will post the information in case you missed it. It was…
To prepare for the upcoming First Wednesday outing, I took a quick trip over to the LBJ NG. I needed to see what was going on and the road conditions. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
After every trip, I am always just as excited to be home! What had changed from a week ago? Full disclosure: The above photos were taken Friday when we got home. Today (April 24th), we have some wonderful and much needed rain! At this time (6:13pm) the rain bucket reads 1.34 inches! Hope everyone is…
Plants have all types of strategies to propagate. Some have seeds that drop to the ground. Some float in the wind, like milkweeds. Some are eaten by critters. Well, you get the idea. The list almost seems endless. Here are a couple and the different stages in the plant life. New Fossil Discovery of a…