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This was our third stop. Was our luck going to change? We should hoped so. After catching a bumble you had to maneuver the capture jar (ie pill bottle) into the net. Once the bumble was in the jar, carefully slide the lid on being careful not to catch a limb. And that was all…
Foggy mornings are quiet like a new fallen snow to me. The dew dripped off everything making it a special morning. Study Reveals Bird-Migration Mystery Rare Jaw Fossils Discovered in Texas Shed Light on a 20-Foot-Long Mosasaur Heat Waves Can Make Bumblebees Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds. Here’s Why That’s a Problem Keep…
0.68″ was our rain total last night! Wonderful way to start the fall season. I know some of you got more, but no complaints here at the Pollinator Ranch. 🙂 Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal… Except One Birds Form Surprising Relationships With Other Avian Species During Migration, Study Suggests Tiny Trackers…
They are back again, Green-lip Ladies-tresses (Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis)!!! Love the changing seasons! Each has its own special treasures! South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests See 15 Amazing Photos of Beautiful Birds Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you…
Now it was time to circle back towards the car. So it pays to get down close to find some really cool insects! Don’t Miss September’s Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse Famed Pacific island’s population ‘crash’ debunked by ancient DNA Ig Nobel prize: Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive award…
More from the woodland bottom that is, from the LBJ NG. Still searching for fungus. Love the fungi! Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town Yukon gold miners are unearthing mummified ancient creatures and truckloads of fossils from the Ice Age. Take a look. Which…
Sometimes it just doesn’t work in your favor. However that is what makes it so fun, never knowing if you will get the target or not. It was fairly small. And it was slightly smaller than the usual Daddy Shortlegs. It belongs in the suborder of Armoured Harvestmen (Laniatores) and the family of Pied Harvestman (Cosmetidae). There…
It had been a full day on the drive-about. So it was time to head in the direction of home. Still we had time for a few more quick stops. No doubt the fish future looks good now that we have some much needed rain in this ephemeral creek! The Cooke County drive-about had been…
It had been a while since we had headed down this lane. And it had been one of those hot days. Hopefully those hot days are behind us now. So of course we needed to check out what was new! Well, of course I took a small sample of it home. 🙂 So the dried…