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
The next stop was one of Shirley’s monitoring locations. Stealing information from host plants: How the parasitic dodder plant flowers Parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh—it’s also an extreme example of genome shrinkage Wild Elephants Seem to Have Been Domesticated, But Not by Humans Keep looking! The more you know, the…
What do you think? Is it starting to feel like summer? In fact, when I was out a couple of days ago, the insects buzz seemed to be getting louder. A sure sign of summer for me. It stayed there all day. Perhaps it was waiting for dark? The adults do not feed, but the…
No place like home, eh! And certainly the LBJ grasslands feels like home to me. Especially since I have been exploring there since 1990’s. Here’s what Kathy found today… Thanks Kathy for sharing your great find! Night Flight: Tracking Data Reveal When and Why Songbirds Begin Their Massive Journeys and How They Decide to Leave…
Still on the my knees in the powerline easement. At first, of course I did not what this critter ate. But with a little searching I was able to find it a name, Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo). It over winters as a cat! Lucky for it, BugGuide had some useful additional information. Caterpillars food…
A few days ago, Jim heard a noise from the normally quiet residents of the Curry Foster Homes before I had gotten up. They live in tiny homes (jars) next to where we drink our tea and coffee. So I took it back to a Post Oak for its release. In this case, there was…
What a delightful morning with 16 species of birds while drinking my tea. Taking the opportunity to observe them, I watched the Red-breasted Nuthatch take its seed from the feeder head down. However, it drinks its water right side up. A chickadee ate ice crystals in addition to drinking the water. Blue Jays were given…
I have been looking for larvae in the Arkansas Yucca. Actually specifically I wanted to find a Yucca Skipper larva. No luck yet. In fact, I have not seen a Yucca Skipper adult in North Texas yet. However, periodically I check. They have been report by someone at the grasslands before. In the movie, you…
While walking in our woods this morning, I noticed that the fungi was fruiting! The damp weather certainly has helped, eh! Thanks Suzanne and Kathy for sharing your photos! Researcher discovers a rare fossil clam thought to be dead some 40,000 years ago Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
It was cloudy and cool for this First Wednesday. However, this did not cloud our spirits for the walk. What another great First Wednesday with fellow nature nerds! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
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