Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
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The sky is clear and the snow is melting. All of yesterday’s snow friends have disappeared. Fascinating to watch the ice breath! Ok, I’m easily amused. LOL. A Texas teenager helped his border community win a $13 million grant to improve the environment Roman-Era Lead Pollution Linked to IQ Drop Across Europe Slingshot spiders rely…
Monday (2024-12-16) was our last full day at Chickasaw NRA. And in this post I had stumbled across a Chickasaw dictionary online so I have included some words. Check out this word ayukpachi and its pronunciations. Indeed it had been a good morning! One more trail was on the list for the afternoon. Utah’s Spellbinding…
Ok, black Friday is over. Take a breath. Now get out there and renew your spirit! Tuesday’s outing continues… Fowl Play: How Wild Turkeys Are Outsmarting Hunters New Research Explains How Children Learned for 99% of Human History Interstellar dreams: Bat blood may enable human hibernation for long space travels World’s oldest lizard wins fossil…
The second Shirley spot of the day was another special place. Each year Shirley would go back to these spots to monitor them. Indeed I was lucky that she shared them with me. Tomorrow the critters that were on False Foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)! Rare Fossils Give Clues to How Tardigrades Survived Mass Extinctions by Hitting…
That is how I would describe this spring at the LBJ NG! And on the First Wednesday we headed to the open prairie to see for ourselves! And furthermore I asked Kate to share her story on the sleuthing of this creature. So what follows is straight from Kate’s keyboard! 🙂 “April 27 I was…
Today was the First Wednesday outing. So there are various gates that are locked on the grasslands for various reasons. However today we were going to see a special plant and had permission to get closer. Indeed what a wonderful day! Moreover the LBJ/Caddo Forest Service staff deserve a big ole thank you for a…
I heard through the grapevine about a new plant found at the grasslands. This is always exciting! It was a population first found by Yelenich and Campos. Many of you probably recognize the names from iNaturalist. Two very talented botanists. What a cool discovery for North Texas! Check it out to see other observations on…
It was a morning spent at the grasslands in a creek bottom and the nearby bottomland. However you will have to wait for that until I get it all sorted and named. Insect bites: The future of snacking is looking a little buggy NPSOT 2023 Fall Symposium Click to Register! – Prairie Seekers – Fall…
Darn nice is how I would described the temperature this morning. With a low of 61F, we worn a light jacket on the early morning walk. Yep, darn nice! This was the purple. Next the red. You gotta love the globs! So the Liatris is starting to bloom. Indeed I have my fingers crossed for…