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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We were seeing so many butterflies around the pond. And the bumble bees were abundant too! However other treasures still laid ahead. 🙂 Kathy has a report on the wren on her porch. Look for it in the comments on the post Three. Thanks Kathy. Mind-Controlling Worms Are Missing a Feature Common to All Other…
Our goal was to walk all the way around the pond. However we were not in a hurry. But the critters were in a hurry going about their food missions. Well, who can blame them. I continued to hunt for some that might slow down a bit. Indeed all the flying critters seemed to be…
A cool weekend trip to Oklahoma. The patches of Loosestrife (Lythrum) were really buzzing. There were quite a few of the Tangle-veined Flies (Neorhynchocephalus volaticus)! Thanks Claire, Paula, and Briar for the tour of one of your special places. Solving a Paleontological Puzzle: Why Do We Find So Much Amber in Cretaceous Rocks? Meet the…
Continuing on from yesterday’s nature nerds’ outing. A gentle poke got our friend to move just a little. Scientists Reveal Why Asp Caterpillar Stings Are So Excruciatingly Painful A Popular Fish Found in Aquariums Is Actually a Whole New Species Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
Today’s post will include a few more shots from yesterday short walkabout. Plus I brought home a tiny treasure. 🙂 More Than a Pest – The Importance of Saving Moths An Explosion of Life Happens on Earth Every 36 Million Years. Now We Know Why. This Fake Beach in the Canary Islands Is a Baby…
Up early for the second quail survey. I would say bright-eyed and bushy-tail but I was not. LOL Finished with our last survey point we took a short walk. Great morning! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
It was a “cold” morning. Well at least that was what one critter thought. So when I took my morning walk it was cloudy and about 74F. Additionally we were lucky and got .12″ of that wet stuff. If I remember correctly it goes by the name of rain. 😉 More rain chances for the…
Quail surveys start at sunrise. Additionally the protocol says we must be finished by 8am. Each survey point should be done three times. So this will take a couple of weeks to complete the whole survey. After the morning survey there will be time to do a hike or a driving tour before it gets…
Yesterday was the First Wednesday outing. Guess how many were there…three, Jeanne, Jerry and myself. Call us glutens for nature. LOL Even though I had been to the same area several days ago I saw different stuff. Nature is just like that eh! So my best find for me yesterday will be featured in another…