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After Anna found the Southern Plains Bumble Bee on First Wednesday, I couldn’t resist to go search again at the same location. So yesterday afternoon I tried again. Black-legged Longhorn (Svastra atripes) In fact I’m sure they had stories to tell their mates after their release. LOL. In this case the third time was a…
First Wednesday again! It’s always a delight to meet up with fellow nature nerds! We had the perfect number of people. It was a Goldilocks number! 🙂 Indeed what an awesome morning! ‘The Starry Night’ Accurately Depicts a Scientific Theory That Wasn’t Described Until Years After van Gogh’s Death Unexpected Twist Saved Iberian Lynx From…
Yesterday, Jeanne reported 30+ Monarchs in small area at Fossil Hill! Yesterday I only saw a half dozen or so. Today was a different story. I saw over the course of my two walks 150+. And that made me happy! It was my turn for a great butterfly day! Lights out tonight please Migration Alert…
Today on the LBJ Grasslands we went looking for drowned vertebrates in the water troughs. Specifically for drowned bats. So I had read a paper that said bats sometimes drowned in water troughs out west. Well, this needed to be checked out. There were 8 troughs to be surveyed. Though we only did 6 today….
Some days are more remarkable than others. But certainly there are always treasures to find! The First Park Visitor Center Celebrating LGBTQ+ History A Fossil Mystery, Solved by a Spin Redefining Planets Across the Universe Globally Renowned Ancient Rock Art in the Negev Desert Faces Imminent Destruction Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
In today’s blog post you might have to zoom in. 😉 Good luck! How did you do? Alien-Looking Species Seen For First Time Ever in Ocean’s Darkest Depths Trees And Shrubs Are Burying Prairies Of The Great Plains Thanks Claire! Lepidoptera species richness and community composition in urban street trees Keep looking! The more you…
The phylum Arthropoda are the invertebrates. Moreover this group comprises (by some estimates) over 97% of the animal species on our planet! Therefore take a moment to soak that in. They are the animals that have: three or more pairs of jointed legs (some mites have less, many insect larvae have none), body segmented, bilaterally…
Our goal this survey season was to locate more patches of the Oklahoma Grasspink (Calopogon oklahomensis). At this point we have not had any luck. That leaves us only one thing to do, just continue to have fun! 😉 Why my heart beats for Nigeria’s endangered bats Diana Wall obituary: ecologist who foresaw the importance…
Well not the last stuff ever. This is only the last treasures from the Caddo NG trip last week. LOL. Heck we will be heading back again next week for more surveying! 🙂 So much fun at Caddo NG! Resting up then back again in a few days…yahoo! New Research Reveals That Dinosaurs Were Not…
So now we were finished with lunch so we headed out to the trail! More tomorrow from Parkhill Prairie! Here’s an opportunity from the Dixon Water Foundation. Please feel to pass this on to anyone you might think would be interested. Thorny Task Silent Screams: Unlocking the Mysteries of Ultrasonic Communication in Frogs 3,000-Year-Old Pottery…