Nest Box Day

Nest Box Day

So it was another day for Jeanne to check nest boxes! Furthermore I needed to be outside so it was perfect. 😉 A nice way to spend the morning! Thanks Jeanne! How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago The Human Epoch Doesn’t Officially Exist….

Tis the Season

Tis the Season

Now that summer has settled in, I guess we won’t be getting much more rain for the summer, eh. These Sandhill Cranes Have Adopted a Canada Gosling, and Birders Have Flocked to Watch the Strange Family Saved From the Saw: Conservation Deal Spares 8,000 Acres of Sensitive Land in Alabama From Becoming a Wood Pellet…

Pollinated?

Pollinated?

Indeed I have been thankful for the wind the last few days! So I think I can see the saddle in the movie. Bats live long, cancer-free lives using extra tumor-fighting genes and stable immune systems. This may unlock new ways to fight aging. Thanks Judy! A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis about…

Golden

Golden

If you remember, I only said we had not walked in this next area before. So we continued on into the unknown at Dixon. Darn I say…the Golden Dalea is having a golden moment this summer. 🙂 More from Dixon tomorrow! Engineers Are Racing to Harness the Dazzling Magic of Feathers. They Haven’t Solved the…

A Beautiful Prairie

A Beautiful Prairie

Today Jeanne and I headed over to the Dixon Water Foundation. My goal was to look for Black Dalea and a parasitic plant that grows on it, Thurber’s Pilostyles. We headed to a spot that I thought might be promising. So I didn’t remember the Black Dalea being there before at this particular location. However…

Two Nice Finds Today

Two Nice Finds Today

Second day of the Bobwhite survey today. There will be more but I’m waiting until July to conclude the survey. So no Bobwhites today, but I will be hopeful for July. In fact, a person who has a place near units at the grasslands, said there is covey that she sees quite regularly. Indeed that…

Up Early

Up Early

Today Jeanne and I were up early to do the annual survey for Bobwhites at LBJ NG. We had run out of time to stay within the parameters of the survey. No bobwhites were heard this morning. However at each stop we recorded between 9 and 15 bird species. We saw lots of rabbits and…

Saved

Saved

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!…

Weight!

Weight!

Getting be the time of year to do walks earlier in the day, eh! A really gorgeous yellow mushroom! The photo on the left was taken at 7:50am. The right was at 9:41am. Tomorrow I will check it again. Scientists Studying Earth’s Trees Issued a Stark Warning to Humanity Cutting off rhinos’ horns is a…

Zoomed By

Zoomed By

On the way to an appointment we zoomed by the something white on the side of the road. Well, we zoomed by it again when we were on way home. So I decided to go back and see exactly what it was. 🙂 Indeed I was glad I went back for a look! Cumulonimbus clouds…