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
OMG, it was 46.5 degrees for our low this morning! And yes, we did wear our coats. This morning while sitting at our window, the birds came in for a refreshing bath. Among our guests were mockingbirds, a robin, four to five Ruby-crowned Kinglets (FOS), and a flock of half dozen bluebirds. See the striking…
Over the past few days, we have found some cats (ie caterpillars)! I saw three monarchs heading south today. One at the LBJ grasslands and two here at the house. It seems like the Emperors butterflies have really exploded here. I wonder where they have been hiding all summer? Nary an Emperor cat have I…
My philosophy is to spend as much time outside exploring as I can! Even though we live out in the country, I have never found it boring outside in any weather. And I believe I can probably safely say Jeanne feels the same way as many of you do as well. Of course, my preference…
We were up before the sun as per our usual. Naturalist Sam Langlois captured a series of photographs and videos of the daredevil drop in June. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
So when we reached the Garnett Preserve, it was the afternoon. Of course it was getting hot by then. In brief, the scouting day was a success! Ready for Shirley Day tomorrow! 6 stinking cool facts about dog noses Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the…
Somehow I forgot to hit the publish button for this post on June 1st. Not one to waste electrons, here it is late. Ten people braved the morning heat for the First Wednesday outing. As much as I had hoped for a breeze, nada. I even got sprinkled on but only maybe three drops that…
The sunshine was in full force! Indeed, this must be why the butterflies were out this morning along the roadside. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
This was the last day (April 22nd) of surveying on this trip. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Yesterday, I let you know the first Baptisia plant had been located. Now the question, does the Frost Elfins have enough Baptisia to sustain them? To sum it up, we found the host plants for the Frosted Elfins. Furthermore there is a good chance of finding the butterfly at this location. We will keep looking…
