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A few days (July 3th) before the First Wed, it was time to scout. I had not been to this unit in awhile. Always nice to know what to expect. 🙂 Tomorrow, I will share the finds for the actual First Wed which was on July 6th. A rare orchid thought to be extinct in…
It did not take long for me to get photos for today’s post. This morning’s Gracie walk was just perfect. How a Smithsonian Botanist Cracked the Cactus Code a Century Ago The Story Behind Red-Hued Juneteenth Food and Drink Happy Juneteenth! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you…
Do you remember the song by CCR “Lookin’ out My Back Door”? Some thought it referred to drugs, but in interviews, John Fogerty said it was for his three year old son. Of course none of that is referring to what I see out my back door. LOL. So who do you have at your…
Tis the season to be working hard on finding food and growing! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
On the way to the mailbox, I re-found the brown pupa from yesterday. So today, I collected it. Hopefully we will find out what it is! Plant of the Month: Poplar Mysterious ancient giant eggs Down Under laid by Aussie “demon ducks of doom” Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and…
Indeed, what a wonderful soggy day! We ended up with a mere 1.85″ at our place! Of course, that was great! However, Jeanne’s Fossil Hill got a whopping 4″! Whatever amount you got (and I hope you got some) was much needed, eh! Paleontologists Find Biggest Pterosaur Species Ever Unearthed in South America This Device…
Life and death, you can not have one without the other. A longtime ago, a wildlife biologist told me that the worse thing that came out of television/movies was “Bambi”. It forever has shaped the way people thought about nature in unrealistic way. My hope is that people today will change that attitude. There are…
We headed back out from under the trees, but staying near the trees where we could see more open areas of the prairie. Jeanne took off into the field, hunting for the chorus frogs. No luck as when she approached the sounds, they stopped chirping she said. Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash…
OMG, it is cold today! Hence the long johns for me. Gracie, however, is always prepared with her fur coat LOL. In contrast, today’s post will take you back to our Monday’s outing when it was in the 70’s. The Unsung Heroes Who Ended a Deadly Plague The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring…