Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
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It was time for Briar to go home again. Thanks Briar for sharing your park, the Ruby Grant Park! Thanks Claire for sharing your photos too. Meteor shower with potential fireballs to dazzle night sky on Jan 3-4 The Forgotten Hydrologist: How an Overlooked Study Over a Century Ago Helped Fuel the Colorado River Crisis…
On Saturday we headed down another trail, the multi-purpose trail. This trail allows for hikers, horses, and bicycles. We started near the our campsite. The shortcut led to the treasure find of the day! From Cardboard Waste to Sustainable Foam: Revolutionizing Packaging Ancient Insect Mysteries Solved: 312-Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light on Behavior and Evolution The…
As I mentioned yesterday Jacksboro got a nice rain on Friday. The weather app said about .4″. Like all of us in North Texas (and many other parts) we need it. This post’s photos are from the Lost Creek Trail. This trail I bet is the most visited trail of the park. However the connection…
I am almost sure all of you know how vital nature is to our mental health. In fact some doctors are prescribing nature to their patients. Get out and move another study says. Really hope none of them hit a rock, eh. A fine cold Sunday was perfect for a visit to Hagerman! “Mummified” Bees…
It was a morning spent at the grasslands in a creek bottom and the nearby bottomland. However you will have to wait for that until I get it all sorted and named. Insect bites: The future of snacking is looking a little buggy NPSOT 2023 Fall Symposium Click to Register! – Prairie Seekers – Fall…
So what did you spot today? Here’s what I found. 🙂 It was a very energetic little thing! Late last night I ID’ed as a Sunflower moth (Homoeosoma electellum)! And appropriately it was on a sunflower. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape The Glowing Secret That Mammals Have Been Hiding…
It was another delightfully cool start to the day at 56F. However it did warm up this afternoon to a toasty 94F. Just that time of year, eh! fall cleanup with ecology in mind, with doug tallamy Unlocking Ancient Climate Secrets – Melting Ice Likely Triggered Climate Change Over 8,000 Years Ago Red Fire Ant…
A little warmer than yesterday with high of 82f. Still was pretty darn pleasant out, eh! On the way out the back door I stopped to check the smartweed. A small black wasp bore watching. It was very interesting seeing it curl and unfurl its antenna multiple times. So why? For sure it knew why….