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Looking out in North Texas 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 Down in the Gully After being up in the open I moved down into a small gully. The RX burn had opened it up with the brush burnt back. Leap Day! So it is like a free day for the year. I hope that you used it wisely. Indeed I did! Tomorrow I will share my Leap Day's adventure. But first a couple of … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription

Latest Lookingout in North Texas Blog Post

Looking out in North Texas 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 RX Burn Oh goodness, might of or should have worn my long johns on this morning walk. It was not freezing at 34, but with the wind it felt a bit cold. Now back to yesterday's warm outing. In fact the Bobwhite, forbs, and grasses all benefit from a RX burn. Benefits include reduces hazardous fuels, protecting human communities from extreme fires, … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription

Latest Lookingout in North Texas Blog Post

Looking out in North Texas 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 Greening Up Even with no sun shining today, it wasn't bad at all. With a high of only 81F I thought it was quite nice! So I headed over to a nearby grasslands unit this morning. More treasures tomorrow! A Fern's 'Zombie' Fronds Sprout Unusual Roots Edge of History: How an Obsidian Blade Rewrites the Trail of Conquistadors Do pollinators prefer native … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription

Latest Lookingout in North Texas Blog Post

Looking out in North Texas 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 Plum Good! Our high was 95F! Yikes! Much too hot for me for a February. And the plums were very fragrant today. So I took the time to visit the patch to see what might be hungry. So dining at the plum patch seemed to be plum good today! National Invasive Species Awareness Week Feb. 26 – March 3 Promotes Initiatives to … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription

Latest Lookingout in North Texas Blog Post

Looking out in North Texas 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 Devil This afternoon I saw total of about 500 Sandhill Cranes in 4 or 5 flocks. Indeed it is always fun to hear them overhead! And as predicted my Mexican Plum was fully open! The Ten-petal Anemone (Anemone belandieri) also has popped up. Now back to the grasslands... Why citizen scientists are gathering DNA from hundreds of lakes — on the … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription

Latest Lookingout in North Texas Blog Post

Looking out in North Texas 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 Starting to Stir The weather certainly is very pleasant, eh! And the plants, birds, and some insects are starting to stir. https://player.vimeo.com/video/916348280?h=85d56b7039 A Downy Woodpecker really was a talented drummer. She was not actually making the hole that I could tell. Just drumming. Further away I could hear others drumming as well. Dramatic Image Reveals How Much The Sun Has Changed in Two … Read the post   Unsubscribe | Manage your subscription