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
No not the winged avian nests. Keep your eyes peeled for all the bird nests! The guerilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from “silent extinction” Artificial Light Lengthens the Urban Growing Season Thanks Claire! Caught on Camera: Rare Footage Reveals How a Giant Earthquake Tore the Earth in Seconds Stand Up for Science! Our…
44 plants, 4 insects, 1 lizard, toads, and fungi was the count on Seek for my great-nephews! Additionally that doesn’t count the frogs they didn’t get recorded on Seek. This was their first time to use Seek, the iNaturalist app that is kid-safe! This was only the first of several firsts for the weekend! They…
Well, the rain this morning was unexpected, at least for me. And we got 1.47″! Humans Have Smoked Meat For Almost 2 Million Years, Study Suggests Research shows rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle Native Seed Libraries Stand Up for Science!…
I sure am enjoying this cooler weather. Could humpback whales be trying to communicate with us? Thanks Judy! Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger? Thousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese temples The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to…
So don’t get too excited. It was not the vultures. 🙂 There’s an Invisible Line That Animals Don’t Cross. Here’s Why. Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash What to know about stinging Asian needle ants detected in 20 states June 14, No Kings Sanger TX, 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Sanger Square,…
Today you might describe it as steamy? This morning the humidity was at 90%. Heck it is only 67% now. 😉 Formally know as the wildlife cam, now it is the buzzard cam. It was time to stretch. 🙂 They have been tending the two eggs since May 26th. Black Vultures incubate the eggs for…
Yesterday I posted the cute toad. Today is the rest of our finds! We all enjoyed the unusually cool June First Wed morning. Indeed good stuff! US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope They Walked? 160-Million-Year-Old Footprints Rewrite Pterosaur History Mosquito…
Now I was heading into the woods! Indeed, it had been a great day! Science in War, Science in Peace: The Origins of the NSF Amazing Fossil Preserves Teenage Tyrannosaur’s Last Meal New Research Reveals That Chimpanzees Are Capable of Complex Communication – And We’re Finally Listening Mosquito Bucket Challenge June 14, No Kings Sanger…
So I love to see new places. But like Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) there is no place like home. 🙂 With a little persuasion the Giant Swallowtail cat poked out their horns (osmeterium)! Oh yeah it is good to be back home! Science rewritten: Humpback whales give birth while still migrating Watch Vampire Bats Run…
Yesterday we did our first hike to Lake Eva! Amazing! CT Scans Reveal Hidden Secrets of Giant Hailstones A landslide in a Greenland fjord echoed around Earth for 9 days Proposed Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants Let your voice be heard! Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The…