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
Checking my map we had made 6 years ago, we headed to more of our favorite roads. Our map certainly has helped us re-find places that have special treasures. When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. Stonehenge’s Massive Central Stone May Have Been Shipped From…
Everyday there is good stuff to observe. Here was what I saw today. 🙂 So much cool stuff to observe! All-night streetlights make leaves inedible to insects, study finds Thanks Claire! These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years Man vs. Nature: New Research Uncovers Real Story Behind the Disappearance of Earth’s…
My calendar says it is time for several species to return. I have heard the Upland Sandpipers going overhead. Stay cool! I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life New Research Unravels the Evolutionary Secrets of Ancient Seas’ Forgotten Rulers Incredibly Rare 520-Million-Year-Old Worm Fossil Solves Ancient Evolutionary…
Summer is definitely here, eh! High was 103F here. Stay cool! A Record-Breaking 17 California Condor Chicks Hatched at the L.A. Zoo This Year Airplane glory: What is it and how to spot one? A New Type of Wood Just Discovered Could Revolutionize Carbon Storage Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
Nature has so many wonderful strategies for their young. And the methods come in all shapes, sizes, and colors! To show you how small it really was! It had to have been a fairly early instar. Another great day! New Species Of Giant Snake Discovered During Filming Of TV Show Seed dispersal is not keeping…
Do you have a nature bucket list? I do. It was working hard swaying its head back and forth. I wish I could tell you the species of the two grass skippers (Hesperiinae). However in the Wagner guide it says the only reliable way to know for sure is to raise them. I didn’t have a container…
Jeanne’s family was visiting. So I had volunteered to check her nest boxes at the Thomsen Foundation. Furthermore on Friday I could not have asked for a more perfect day in July! Thank you Jeanne 🙂 My pace picked up… Did a comet burst crash Earth’s climate 12,800 years ago? Dr. Marian Pettibone Discovered and…
Sure hope we get some rain soon. Friday’s rain does not count here at our house. So far this year it has been either full on or off, eh. However at least we are having cooler weather. To Save Life on Earth, Bring Back Taxonomy These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to…
We were visiting some of my favorite Shirley spots on our Thursday (June 27) road trip. The Cliff Swallows were circling above us. The Estuary Smothered by a Thousand Logs ‘Desert moss can survive on Mars,’ claim scientists from China Texas armadillos are actually a different species than previously thought, study says Thanks Suzanne! Keep…