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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This morning we did another quail survey. We have been using the Merlin app to record the species of birds we hear. This morning’s list includes Mourning Dove, Purple Martin American Crow, House Sparrow, Painted Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, Painted Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, titmouse, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,…
On today’s walk, several critters brought joy to my day. And hopefully yours as well! I carefully got close to get a close up shot and movie. As you can see, the snake watched Gracie as she walked passed me and the snake. 🙂 Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees,…
Up early this morn for the quail survey. And we had good luck! Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don’t protect their brains when headbanging trees Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
On June 24th, I took a quick (two hours) jaunt to the LBJ grasslands. I had run across a parasitic plant in the flora. I was curious if I could locate a specimen. Currently it is not on any list I have for this area. I was not successful this time. Notice I said this…
Who doesn’t appreciate a great home cooked meal? I know I always enjoyed my Mom cooking for me. 8 Reasons to ‘Bee’ in Awe of Pollinators When Did Early Humans Start Using Fire? To Find Answers, Scientists Enlist Artificial Intelligence Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
Well, darn I missed the coming out to the roof party. ;-( My set up was being very cranky. Grrrrr. I was going for the max settings and photos. But wait… Birds See Magnetic Fields Thanks to a “Quantum Compass” Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
So Edgar has fans including me! Suzanne had a comment a few days ago about Edgar. She said “I hope you’re able to get a pic when it fledged sitting on the roof with its parents.” So with this in mind, the wildlife camera was set up this morning! Now, hopefully we will get to…
Can one really not stop to look? In fact, it may be in the DNA of a naturalist to stop. 😉 Concluding the Thomsen Foundations finds. Tomorrow on to the Garnett Preserve! How plants turned predator Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.