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
Now we were heading deeper into the rocky areas of the woods. The boulders were amazing! Two more posts to go on Fossil Hill! Photoluminescence in the Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
In the part 5, we had finished searching the powerline easement. Now we headed back through the woods and rocks. Stressed plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them Thanks Judy! Facelift for T. rex: analysis suggests teeth were covered by thin lips Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
If you read the link in the post I am lichen rocks, you now know that concretions are formed in a variety of ways. However, whatever the way it formed they provide entertainment. 🙂 Also here is a link to Macrostrat which is a platform for geological data exploration, integration, and analysis. Additionally, there is…
Now we were up among more rocks which were covered in the lichens and mosses. So I bet you can guess the jest of this post. 😉 In the next post, more concretions! Rare Cosmic Event Will See 5 Planets Align in The Sky. Here’s How to Watch. Burning Space Junk Creates Mysterious Lights in…
So we were now heading up the hill. All along I had a place that I want to reach. However, we were certainly not in hurry to get there. There was so much to see. Of course, that meant going slow. Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil Keep looking! The more…
How and why everyone finds there niche in nature is interesting. It is a question I often ask myself when observing nature. Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75 Are Butterflies Wildlife? Depends Where You Live. Native Plant Sales! Spring 2023 Keep looking! The more you know, the more you…
So many wonders to find on the grasslands! In win for butterflies and loss for Texas Republicans, feds move to protect rare plant This Strange Ancient ‘Fossil’ May Not Have Been Left by Any Living Thing The Predatory Slime Mold From The Last of Us Isn’t Actually a Fungus – It’s Weirder Keep looking! The…
Turning at the small grotto, I worked my way along the east hillside above the ravine. This was one I wanted to watch for a moment, the Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata). Its little antennas were so wiggly. At the end of the seedhead, it stayed only a moment longer. Then it headed back down….
Jeanne did a great job sharing with us the Old Zoo Nature Trail. Thanks so much for whetting our appetite to take a walk on the wild side. And here are a few more from Jeanne. What a wonderful photo tour of the Old Zoo Nature Trail! A big thank you to the volunteers that…
Did yesterday’s post whet your appetite for the Old Zoo Nature Trail? Certainly it did mine! Hence, more of Jeanne’s photos on the trail! Tomorrow the old zoo and a couple of boulders. Maryland girl finds ancient tooth from a 50-foot-long megalodon in the Chesapeake Bay A New Chapter in Climate Science – 390-Million-Year-Old Seawater…