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We continued on with exploring. Of course, we might find some interesting stuff. In fact, I can’t think of a time when there hasn’t been good stuff to find. Thus, expectations are always high! Indeed, I may have thought too much about the stuff we saw. However, when you seek to identify stuff, usually the…
I definitely had to go to the grasslands yesterday afternoon. Furthermore, the weather couldn’t have been more perfect and that is why I had to! So I had two goals. One, stay out of the mud. Second, was to see if the Blue Funnel-lily’s (Androstephium caeruleum) leaves might be sprouting. So far I had managed…
The unit that we were on was only about 80 acres. However, the size did not hold us back from finding great stuff! Indeed, January 24th was definitely another great outing for us. Hope you enjoyed it too! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
It was a chilly January 24th, but Jeanne had brought along some handwarmer packets. So it wasn’t bad at all. More tomorrow from the January 24th outing! This Species of Carnivorous Plant Evolved Into a Toilet And Is Now Winning at Life Ants can ‘sniff out’ cancer tumors in urine, says new study Keep looking!…
Oh my what a beautiful day today! Gracie insisted that I sit outside with her for awhile. I did not object. LOL. Hope you got some outdoor time too. Now back to Tuesday’s (Jan 3rd) outing. And so that was the bare bones of that Tuesday’s outing. 🙂 Extraordinary close-up images show insects as you’ve…
Wasn’t it absolutely gorgeous out today! Did you get to enjoy it? Jeanne and I certainly did. Yep, we were back at the grasslands! Scientists Revived Ancient ‘Zombie Viruses’ Frozen For Eons in Siberia Top-flight recovery: the inspiring comeback of the California condor Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
Along many of the boundary fences on the grasslands, the Forest Service has cleared the brush and trees. The cleared area is about twenty feet wide from the fence. So it is constructed to create fire edges to control a fire. In fact, it is called a control line. I had always just called them…
Slowly, we made our way around the base of the mesa. It was sorta like turning a “corner”. Some of the same yet different. On this side in the past, Black-capped Vireos had nested here. The last pair to nest here was four or five years ago. Before that a pair had nested there in…
Gosh was it ever windy today over at the Caddo NG. But that was pretty much everywhere in North Texas. However today, we were mostly shielded from the wind by the tree line. And the wind made it not so hot. Update on today’s mission…we found 20 plants of Baptisia. No Frosted Elfins, but then…
Switching back to the Caddo NG from a week ago. As with many a fence line in Texas, the trees sprout up. Hope everyone got some good rain yesterday. And I for one, will be glad to see warmer weather tomorrow. Rediscovering Rome’s Female Merchants The rise of citational justice: how scholars are making references…