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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Yesterday I posted the cute toad. Today is the rest of our finds! We all enjoyed the unusually cool June First Wed morning. Indeed good stuff! US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope They Walked? 160-Million-Year-Old Footprints Rewrite Pterosaur History Mosquito…
What’s not to love about spending a day at home. The Dickcissels were singing and scolding me. I think I was near their nest. However I didn’t locate their pretty blue eggs. And I ran out of patience before they did. LOL. Indeed, a day at home is always nice. Happy Pride Month! After nearly…
It has been a week since I had checked the nest boxes for Jeanne. And what an absolute gorgeous day for checking again! Thank you to Jeanne! The platypus is a mix of animal parts and talents “Living Fossil” – Elusive Insect Thought To Be Extinct Rediscovered After 40 Years Mosquito Bucket Challenge June 7th,…
I continued on with my walk in the field. Tomorrow I will take you in the woods. Vets Borrow a Horse’s CT Scanner to Fit Giant, 302-Pound Sea Turtle and Get a Nice Surprise Thanks Claire! Forests “Talk” Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM…
Goodness gracious I hope y’all are getting outside before the weather turns hot! Sometimes genus is as good as gets! And I’m fine with that. 🙂 Mosquito Bucket Challenge Science in War, Science in Peace: The Origins of the NSF These Plants Protect Larvae From Wildfires Humans moving to ancient cities sent bedbug numbers soaring,…
The sunshine and the temperature made for a great day! We got 2.55″ yesterday. The Kern’s Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii) chowing down! Indeed nature always has a twist! To Reduce Human and Grizzly Bear Conflicts, Both Species Must Change Their Behavior Scientists Peered Inside The Echidna’s Mysterious ‘Pseudo-Pouch’ Harvard researchers devastated as Trump team cuts…
So I love to see new places. But like Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) there is no place like home. 🙂 With a little persuasion the Giant Swallowtail cat poked out their horns (osmeterium)! Oh yeah it is good to be back home! Science rewritten: Humpback whales give birth while still migrating Watch Vampire Bats Run…
Lovely hike! Check out Emily’s photos too. https://oregonbackyard.com/ Fossil amphibians found in burrows where they waited for the next rainy season The Myxomycetes: Natures’s Quick Change Artists Proposed Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants Let your voice be heard! Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
More from Alaska below! It was really beautiful. And it was just us on this hike with two really talented naturalists. Check out Emily’s photos too. https://oregonbackyard.com/ Plant sex secrets: 150-million-year-old shrub unlocks flower reproductive evolution Mysterious Network of Canals From 4,000 Years Ago Predates The Maya Proposed Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants…
Our exploring the shoreline was cut short. The whales were out further. So she hit the gas! We have a movie of the Orcas! There were four of them. However the movie will have to wait until we get home. Another fantastic day! These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago Scientists…