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
Still no rain today. 🙁 Unless you count the few drops that fell. Fingers crossed for the chances forecasted this week. The creek post continues now. I did not grow up in Texas. So Sesbania was new to me when I moved here. Hence I did not know about this fun trick that Jeanne was…
So it has been a while since we have had any substantial rain in North Texas. But Monday morning (28th) was fairly cool relative to recent mornings. So Jeanne and I headed over to the grasslands to check it out. More tomorrow! Don’t forget there is a super duper blue supermoon tonight. And the show…
There are a lot plants that are finished with their colorful blooms. Yet to me they still hold value. Some maybe providing homes for insects. Others may have seeds for wildlife as well as the plant’s own future survival. Thanks Jeanne for sharing your photos! Homegrown National Park by Dr Douglas Tallamy (A Cross Timbers…
The last few days have certainly been hot. We have however witnessed a few drops of rain on Monday and again today! We are very happy for any rain we get. Perhaps a bigger rain will come soon. Fingers crossed. Two Baby Condors At Pinnacles National Park Are Healthy, ‘Adorable Fluffballs’ More than half of…
After finding the Gordian Worms we did a bit more exploring. Down and then up the creek a short distance we went. Another good drive-about! Parachuting beavers created a fire-resistant wetland Anna Atkins: pioneering botanical photographer who captured algae and ferns in ghostly blue images Rare Pink Bird Spotted in Wisconsin for the First Time…
It was such a lovely day yesterday. Certainly was a pleasant day to be out. Lured by bright colors: Wild bee queens face death in commercial hives Bumblebee research sparks rapid industry change Bumble Bee Pollination in Tomato Greenhouses Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the…
At our usual pace we slowly made our way around the pond. Certainly we did not want to miss a thing. We were almost all the way around the pond now. And then there was one more chance to film the mystery bumble bee. So it turned out be the male American Bumble Bee (Bombus…
You may remember this water feature as the spa for the armadillos. However many others are coming as well. You have to learn and here is how to do it! This is not meal time silly birdies! An immature White-eyed Vireo get its bath! Apparently this is how the vireos take their baths Paula told…