A Trip to a Research Station
Usually when I am out in nature, I am at a park or a beach, or even my own yard. But this past weekend I was able to go to a real research… Continue reading
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Beach Reading
On your next sojourn at the shore, skip the scandal sheets and salacious best sellers, and instead, scan this source about the specimens surrounding you — Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and… Continue reading
Beautiful Bee Balm
The tall wildflower Bee Balm attracts attention from a distance with its tall wedding cake layers, and then draws you in with layers of decorative detail. I love the two-color combination on the… Continue reading
Fish for Dinner — or Not
It’s easy to overlook familiar birds, but yesterday I noticed a Great Blue Heron that was poised in an unusual stance, with its head low to the water for a long period of… Continue reading
Host and Guests — Yellow Thistle
In late March and early April these Yellow Thistles were blooming in the pasture. The plants stand about a foot and a half tall (a half meter), and I would say the blooms… Continue reading
Bird 97
In my quest to document all the birds that visit our farm, I was happy that this week I was finally able to photograph a White-eyed Vireo here. I hear them all the… Continue reading
New Birds and Bugs
In my quest to document all the wild species that appear here on our farm, I am always excited to identify a new species. So far this year, I have gotten two new… Continue reading
A Lovely Spring Afternoon
We have been having phenomenal weather, cool, breezy, and clear. The trees are leafing out, our winter birds have moved on, for the most part, and the insects are zooming around purposefully. I… Continue reading
Birds on a Water Break
This past week we were at our place in the Texas Hill Country, and I had been working near a water trough for about an hour, when suddenly birds started flying in. This… Continue reading
A Walk to Harvest Native Grass Seed
Last December, while other people were out finishing their shopping, I went out walking with a small group, to gather native grass seed from a remnant prairie. It doesn’t look like much.… Continue reading