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Yesterday was absolutely delightful weather for July. Certainly I was a bit disappointed that we only got 0.05″ of rain. However the creatures seen were pretty darn good! A nice variety of life! Tree Climbing Lions Perched Near Grazing Zebras in Tanzania Texas Bird Hunters Helped Fund a New Drug That’s Saving Wild Quail Many…
Who can blame the creatures for avoiding me and the camera. Even though I try to tell them that fame and fortune will be theirs. 😉 Time to go check more boxes… What Do Bagged Chickens Have to Do With Sliced Cheese? Mysterious Symbols on 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art Hint at an Unknown Culture Keep looking!…
Sure hope we get some rain soon. Friday’s rain does not count here at our house. So far this year it has been either full on or off, eh. However at least we are having cooler weather. To Save Life on Earth, Bring Back Taxonomy These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to…
Thursday (June 27th) was the last quail survey for June. There will be several more in July. Time to move further down the road! Noctilucent clouds: Best season in years, happening now! A new horned dinosaur from the Montana badlands Chemical reaction used by cooks may have helped create life on Earth – study Thanks…
It’s the journey right? Well, I’m in agreement with that. So we took our time traveling to our destination goals. The destination, in the next post. 🙂 Hawaii settles lawsuit from youths over climate change. Here’s what to know about the historic deal Toxin secretion evolution helped rove beetles’ 66,000 species diversification Keep looking! The…
Every time I write ‘First Wed outing’ in a text, it wants to autocorrect to wed(ding). LOL. So on with the show now from May 1st, the First Wed(nesday) outing! And this was only the first half of the show of the First Wed outing! Second act tomorrow! Klamath River Reservoirs Drained for World’s Largest…
It was very nice to see human friends at the NPSOT Trinity Fork plant sale this morning. Additionally the chapter sold almost all the plants. Yeah! If you missed it, put it on your calendar for next year to get your native plants! However get there early to get the best selection. 🙂 Now on…
Still at the Caddo NG. Many of these plants I don’t see very often. And so it is easy for me to forget what I figured out a year or two ago. I feel lucky if I can remember one or two new plants from year to year. 🙂 How to freeze a memory: putting…
This is the second field survey week at the Caddo NG this spring. Two more are planned in May. My goal is find additional patches of the rare orchid, Oklahoma Grasspink (Calopogon oklahomensis). Indeed while just looking we find the most interesting treasures nature has to offer! Do insects have an inner life? Animal consciousness…