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We continued at the ledge before we headed back down the hill to meet up with Lisa. So much to learn! A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive This Intrepid Team of Bee Lovers Are Doing Everything They Can to Save Rare Native Species From Extinction Songs of the Dammed Spring 2025…
The fog was even thicker this morning out the back door. Endangered loggerhead turtles break nesting record at Mon Repos beach Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’ More Hidden Figures of NASA History Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
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…
As per our custom, we started the morning with our shorter walk before breakfast. So all total on a couple of Lotebushes were over dozen walkingsticks! It seemed to be the happening place. 😎 While looking up walkingsticks I found this reference: Texas walkingsticks (Quinn 2012). It says some Texas walkingsticks have a defensive behavior of…
A short time later we were at the second stop looking for more bumbles. We certainly were hoping for better luck this time. The second stop was not productive for bumbles either. In fact not a single one was seen. We saw bee flies but not much else. Hmmm, this wasn’t boding well. But with…
Foggy mornings are quiet like a new fallen snow to me. The dew dripped off everything making it a special morning. Study Reveals Bird-Migration Mystery Rare Jaw Fossils Discovered in Texas Shed Light on a 20-Foot-Long Mosasaur Heat Waves Can Make Bumblebees Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds. Here’s Why That’s a Problem Keep…
We were now out on the open by this time. Not much shade except for a few trees every now and again. We were not sure it was alive. Well, of course we had to poke it. They would be very vulnerable at this time. Good luck friend! How will the reintroduction of this extinct…
Here’s the final post from the spring season Caddo NG surveys. The last field day was short as we tried to get ahead of the storms for drive home on May 22nd. So we never made it to the Giant Coneflowers. Of course it didn’t matter since we found other great treasures. And time had…
Our goal was to reach the creek. Last time we never made it there. Too many good treasures to look at. So I claimed we would not stop to look until we got there. Well, as you saw yesterday we did stop but hey what can you do. Now on to the creek! And you…