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Today we got more rain. I thought it was supposed to wait until tomorrow. Well, we got another 0.31″ today. Sure makes the plants happy! More rain tomorrow. Perhaps its time to get the oars out. LOL. This Secret Mathematical Rule Has Shaped Beaks For 200 Million Years Lens of Time: Bumper Bees Bird science…
We concluded our trip to the Caddo NG late Thursday. How can you be sure a hairy looking one is a Usnea? All Usneas have a stretchy center cord. Indeed it was a very successful week at Caddo NG! Now we both have a lot of data and ID’ing to do. 🙂 Plant Sex and…
Monday with the breeze in our faces we headed out. We were thankful for the breeze and hoped it kept up the rest of day. Less mosquitoes with a breeze. 🙂 More adventures await us tomorrow! 113 Million-Year-Old ‘Hell Ant’ Discovery Is Oldest Ever Found These Fossil Teeth From an 11-Year-Old Reveal Clues to Why…
Russell was trying to gather at least four whole specimens. Additionally he required just the leaves from other Anemone ‘pilosa’. So we continued on to the second spot that I had found earlier in the week at the same general area. Russell was pretty happy with specimens at this location. So now twas time to…
Continuing on with our search! We watched for a good five minutes. They didn’t grab a meal. However perhaps they were already full and taking an afternoon siesta. 🙂 Neither of us found exactly what we were hunting for that day. But the unexpected was definitely worth the trip. Thank you to the Thomsen Foundation…
We continued at the ledge before we headed back down the hill to meet up with Lisa. So much to learn! A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive This Intrepid Team of Bee Lovers Are Doing Everything They Can to Save Rare Native Species From Extinction Songs of the Dammed Spring 2025…
Yesterday Jeanne and I headed to the Thomsen Foundation. Jeanne was looking for mosses and I was looking for Cymopterus. As we hopped out the car at the bottom of the mesa, I heard the first of season Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and a White-eyed Vireo! And we were just getting started! More tomorrow! This Bat is…
Second half of the morning at Wylie’s. It was great to see Wylie’s property again. Thank you Wylie! Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever New Plant Species Discovered in Big Bend National Park…
Jeanne and I were off to visit Wyle’s property in Cooke County. Strangely enough we were returning on the same date as a year ago. And Wyle had time to join us. Additionally we really appreciated the nice transportation to the backside of his property. We continued on searching for a moss, Venturiella. Texas House…
Go have some pi because it is March 14th (3-14), Happy Pi Day! Happy Pi Day! Find ways to celebrate here Yesterday I left you on the Anadarche Creek Trail. The rain definitely slow us down. So we look forward to going back to explore further. Definitely a great trip! Thanks Jeanne! Lost for 13,000…