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
The prairie is always alive with both life and death. “My babies,” she says! See the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners University of Oxford technology tracks bees migration with drones Believe it or not, this lush landscape is Antarctica Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you…
Every day has the potential to learn something new. And that makes me happy! Keep learning! Equinox sun rises due east and sets due west Scientists Play Matchmaker for Beloved Sea Snails in the Florida Keys Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466…
Continuing on with the hunt for fungi! Onward we rambled! The Big City Is Vibrant. Birds There Might Be Getting Less So. A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable Survival of the Smartest: Cognitive Skills Linked to Longer Lifespan in Chickadees Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
I know you have been holding your breath for more from the puddle. 🙂 As I waited for Jeanne’s return with the container I observed more. Watch quick. The water strider skates through! This little worm wiggled by and several other UAs (unidentified animals). It might be an aquatic earthworm (Oligochaeta). However some worms are…
Pack rats, bowerbirds, and I have something in common. We all like shiny objects and parts. You never know what that shiny object might be. Jamestown: DNA Solves Mystery of First English Settlement in America Hidden Undersea Avalanches Are A Big Problem For The Internet Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
As much as I like to explore new places, home always has much to offer. Home is always full of nature’s treasures! Scientists Suggest Freezing Endangered Animals’ Cells and Preserving Them on the Moon Super-marine heatwaves describe record high sea temps This Epic Monument From 6,000 Years Ago Is a Feat of Stone Age Engineering…
Everyday there is good stuff to observe. Here was what I saw today. 🙂 So much cool stuff to observe! All-night streetlights make leaves inedible to insects, study finds Thanks Claire! These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years Man vs. Nature: New Research Uncovers Real Story Behind the Disappearance of Earth’s…
My calendar says it is time for several species to return. I have heard the Upland Sandpipers going overhead. Stay cool! I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life New Research Unravels the Evolutionary Secrets of Ancient Seas’ Forgotten Rulers Incredibly Rare 520-Million-Year-Old Worm Fossil Solves Ancient Evolutionary…
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…