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
Leaf litter is so important to an ecosystem. Lots of life forms from macro to microscopic use the leaf litter for their homes. What’s in your leaf litter? The Importance of Leaf Litter A Jealous, Leggy Lover Scientists Stunned by Bird That Pretends To Be a Toxic Caterpillar Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades…
There are safety precautions you should take when exploring the grasslands. You know, watch where you step, poison ivy, drink plenty of water and so on. There is one more thing to be cautious of… Nature’s secret soundscape: listen with me to the world’s quietest creatures Thanks Judy! How “Wiggly Skulls” Helped Birds Evolve From…
Colors are really starting to pop. Of course it would definitely help if we got some rain. We did get a whopping 0.05″ last night. Every bit helps right! Mysterious Giants May Be a Whole New Kind of Life That No Longer Exists Congress Is Searching for Trillions of Dollars in Cuts. Will the Oil…
Hard to keep up with the new life that is waking up now. Indeed wildlife needs our help now! Getting Struck by Lightning Actually Helps This Tree Thrive Cuttlefish Mesmerize Prey With Hypnotic Moving Stripes Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States Spring 2025 Plant Sales in Texas Stand Up…
The wind was really whipping as it has for many days. Well, it certainly feels that way. Glad my pack was heavy so I didn’t blow away. LOL. See the year’s fastest sunsets and sunrises around equinoxes Why Do Shorebirds Stand on One Leg? Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler’s…
So I am going to back up with a few more photos from the Friday NPSOT pop up field trip. This was after the two rare plants that I had wanted to share in yesterday’s post. Now we were no longer on a slope but in open prairie. Garden for Birds – Great Backyard Bird…
Friday was a pop-up NPSOT Trinity Forks field trip. With little notice, only one person was able to come. The prediction had been for wind and dust. It got windy as the morning progressed. However, the dust was only barely started as we finished up. Great field trip! Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a…
On Friday we started to explore the park, Lake Murray State Park. Furthermore we decided to explore the Tucker Tower first. I learned in online search that you could climb to the top. And it was a pretty day so the view would be spectacular. At least that was our hope. However before we started…
Lake Murray State Park in Oklahoma was our ticket to another adventure. 🙂 Our trip started on sunny Thursday. In any case, we are looking forward to exploring the park for a few days. International Women’s Day: Female Science Stars to Follow in 2025 Red Fish, Blue Fish Ancient humans used bone tools one million…
So it made it up to 45F today. However when I took my walk it was only 38F. Hope you enjoyed your Sunday too! World Whale Day Desert Secrets: Scientist Discovers 16 New Grasshopper Species in U.S. and Mexico The Mystery of the World’s Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to…