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
Brrr, it was a mite cold this morning! 27F was our low! Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper Thanks Jeanne! Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’ Oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, is back with an egg! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
At this point in the dry creek bed we were pretty much sticking together with Dale leading the way. He and Jeanne would call out each time they found another moss for collection. Indeed it was a great day for hunting bryophytes! Furthermore I would even say perfect weather on Wednesday (20th) for just about…
More from Monday’s outing with Jeanne and Emily! Buzzworthy Breakthrough: New Bee Species Discovered in Oklahoma and Texas Thanks Claire! Plastic-Eating Insect Discovered in Kenya Is The First of Its Kind in Africa Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Now we were passed the dam and heading to the north on the Onion Trail. Goodness it was a hot bed of activity! So the next time you pass by a pile of scat, slow down. You might find some great animals! The Early Bird Got the Cicada, Then an Evolutionary Air War Started Pollination…
The noun encore; a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert or act, as called for by an audience. If you read yesterday’s comments there was a question about an encore. Well, it just so happens there is. LOL And there I was sitting watching and waiting for something…
Creeks are really wonderful just like the ravines to me. And that has been the focus for the last few drive-abouts. We were barely getting started. So more tomorrow from the creek! NSF invests millions to unite Indigenous knowledge with Western science Ancient Supervolcano in US May Hide Largest Lithium Deposit Ever Found Keep looking!…
This morning I read this article, 400-Million-Year-Old Fossil Upends Our Understanding of Fibonacci Spirals in Nature. With the article fresh on my mind, of course I had to go look outside. The Clear Lake Chapter Native Plant Society of Texas recently had a presentation (June 12th) on “The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature and Native Plants”….
