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These photos were taken on 2024-10-07 on our hunt for bumbles. A robot made from radish sprouts and the rise of plant-based machines Mid-Cretaceous Amber Unlocks the Secret to Caddisfly Swarming and Its Disappearance 50 Million Years Ago Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
So the evening field trip in New Braunfels will take a bit for me to process and will be posted at a later date. So back at home. 🙂 The Fall Aster is a happening place now! How the Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Turned Ants Into Farmers Astounding New 3D Images Reveal Ancient Asteroid Crater…
So the second part to the afternoon field trip was to a restoration site, the Headwaters at the Comal. The New Braunfels Utilities created a non-profit in 2017 on a 16 acre site. In fact it formally was an old utility and facilities property. And it sits at the headwaters of the Comal River. What…
While at the symposium over the weekend, there were many wonderful presentations. Additionally Friday afternoon and evening were scheduled for the field trips. And who doesn’t like a field trip! My chosen afternoon field trip was a two part-er. It had been an interesting first part to the afternoon field trip. Second half of the…
Over the weekend I attended the NPSOT symposium in New Braunfels. The Trinity Forks chapter had several members that were recognized. Indeed it was quite the weekend! Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead Two Far-Flung Comets Are Visiting Earth Just in Time…
The prairie is always alive with both life and death. “My babies,” she says! See the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners University of Oxford technology tracks bees migration with drones Believe it or not, this lush landscape is Antarctica Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you…
This post concludes the Crotons. Wheee! . Recap of the capsules: Woolly Croton’s capsules are very fuzzy and 3 styles multi-fid. Threeseed Croton’s capsules are crowded short hairs, wide cupped sepals, and 3 styles bifid to base. One-seed Croton or Prairie Tea’s capsules are crowded short hairs, sepals not wide, and 2 styles bifid to…
As you probably noticed I accidently hit the publish button and did part 2 first (yesterday). So this will be out of order. Sorry about that. On the Pollinator Ranch I finally have gotten around to looking at the Crotons. What can I say, I had other things to do. LOL. Additionally I mainly have…
Ooops I hit the publish button accidently. So tomorrow will be Part 1. And a morning post instead of evening for today. Did you hold your breath and turn blue. I sure hope not. So here are the next two Croton species at the Pollinator Ranch. There are two styles that bifid to the base….
Yesterday was my grasslands day for the week. And we were out looking for the Southern Plains Bumble Bee again. No bumbles yet. But wait the morning was young. 🙂 More tomorrow! These Freakish Ocean Creatures Can Combine as One When Injured Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Make Fungus Happy Keep looking! The more…