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
Yesterday and this morning we got chilly! The stunning green-eyed Robberfly (Asilidae) caught a Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)! Llano River communities fight former oil executive’s plan for a private dam A Glimpse of Extinction: Scientists Uncover Extraordinary Fossils From the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs Breathtaking View of Moon’s Shadow Over the…
I know I said more concretions today, but I changed my mind. 🙂 Maybe the concretions will be ready tomorrow. The wasps and insects are regular visitors to the old well house. This was two different times and I edited them together into one mp4. The cardinal visitor was certainly a surprise! A Eastern Phoebe…
We stayed on the trails mostly on the Jan. 26th outing. But this drew us off for a bit. Hey, what can I say…LOL Did you notice the critter above? I am leaning towards it as a possible Spider Wasp (Pompilidae). Furthermore, stepping out on a limb or log in this case, guessing that it…
Today was a First Wednesday in the shade! Indeed, five of us braved the morning, mostly in the shade. It really was not that bad, at least that was my opinion. 😉 Additionally, while sitting, the Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were busy in the trees above. Then a pair of titmice came screaming by. Literally, one made…
One of OPMD hatched! I saw it looking around its enclosure (ie coffee jar) at lunch time. Indeed, I was beginning to wonder if any of my jars were going to produce anything. Corals convert sunscreen chemical into a toxin that kills them Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
Today, I went to the Dixon Water Foundation to hang out with other prairie nerds! It was with the NPAT Ft. Worth chapter’s Prairie Seeker training for the spring. Scientists Prove That Plants Can Grow in Soil From the Moon Scientists Estimate That the Embodied Energy of Waste Plastics Equates to 12% of U.S. Industrial…
Watching and observing nature is what we do right. Some times, it just being in the right place at the right time. You see something that catches your eye, maybe just a slight movement or color. Ancient spider caring for her offspring is trapped in 99 million-year-old amber Ancient spider caring for her offspring is trapped in…
Was July 16th the last cool day for the summer? I do not know. Will this stop me from going out on another day? Well, of course not. Article: Why Is the Eastern Monarch Butterfly Disappearing? Is There Something We Can Do About It? Keep looking!
Do you stop to smell the roses? That is for your olfactory sense. My olfactory sense is not very good as some of you know. So I explore the small parts of things with my vision sense instead (use what you got LOL). Stuff that needs you to get right close to it. Here are…