Long Way

Long Way

Yesterday I was back checking nest boxes. And what a nice day to do it with the over-casted sky! A great finish to the morning! Brown Bear Alaska LiveCam Rethinking Human Origins: Study Debunks Theory of Climate-Driven Evolution in Africa One statistical analysis must not rule them all Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend…

See the Action!

See the Action!

Happy Independence Day! Where the action happened over night! Then Randy climbed to the top. Notice that at this point that he still doesn’t have the Z on his wings. Randy is a Resh Cicada (Megatibicen resh). This species is not the loudest to sing in the summer for us in the US. But at…

1st Wednesday

1st Wednesday

Yep, it seemed yesterday was another First Wednesday. And it wasn’t half bad out with the cloud cover and additionally being on a shady trail. There are a lot of interesting things to enjoy. Indeed that always seems to be the case whenever you take a walk at the LBJNG! Orcas Use Kelp as a…

The Chicken at the Lake

The Chicken at the Lake

Today I decided to go Windmill Lake. So I was hoping to find my sunglasses that I had lost last week. I had now gone half way on the trail I went last time. Still no sign of my sunglasses. More tomorrow… Shells Tell an Epic 500-Million-Year Tale of Ocean Survival Geographic Distribution of Tickborne…

Time to Change

Time to Change

Another warm summer day, eh. Certainly you will choose to wear something cool. Sometimes I feel a little guilty watching another creature do their things. But none has protested. So I suppose it is OK. ๐Ÿ™‚ Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert Plants Grow Hidden Second Root System โ€“ And Itโ€™s Helping Fight…

44 Plants and…

44 Plants and…

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…

Fabulous Find!

Fabulous Find!

We were getting closer to our target. ๐Ÿ™‚ Fabulous find! What Really Killed The Neanderthals? A Space Physicist Has a Radical Idea Summer solstice: Could trees know when it is? The Buzz Around Hydration Thank you Claire via Diane via Karl. ๐Ÿ™‚ Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more…

No Hurries

No Hurries

We continued on across the prairie! Still on the prairie we were getting closer to why we had come to this particular prairie. No hurries though, we didn’t want to miss anything. In Alabama, a Social Media Influencer Really Gets Wild โ€œStrangeโ€ โ€“ Scientists Discover Ghostly 23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints in New Mexico Stand Up for…

Two Yellow Flowers

Two Yellow Flowers

Yesterday, Jeanne and I headed out to explore on the grasslands. More tomorrow! Touch the Sky Bringing out the Dead Joshua tree visit shows impact of park budget cutsย  Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…

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. ๐Ÿ˜‰ 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….