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Random Thursday: The Eclipse Mania Edition
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Graphic: Black rectangle with white circle in the middle
Artist rendering of total solar eclipse (not drawn to scale)

This eclipse thing is making folks bonkers. We’ve got a rundown of some examples, and some useful resources explaining the phenomenon.

Published Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:52
Categorized as Nature, Random Thursday, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Weather Tagged Apocalyptic warnings, Total solar eclipse

Photo Friday
Snaps and stories from the past few weeks

Photo: Grainy black and white photo of a double rainbow

Double rainbows, music legends, and bluebonnets on the way…it’s been a great time to take photos.

Published Friday, 9 February 2024, 16:24
Categorized as Music, Nature, Photography, Texas Hill Country, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged Augie Meyers, bluebonnets, Hotel Emma, Los Texmaniacs, rainbows, San Antonio

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 19)

Photo: Raccoon with its head stuck in an armadillo trap
"Life Comes At You Fast" - Nationwide Insurance circa 2004

Frogs are once again dominating the local nature scene, but also a goofy raccoon, for you mammal lovers.

Published Monday, 4 September 2023, 16:04
Categorized as Just Plain Silly, Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Trapping Tagged genetics, raccoon, tree frog

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 18)

Photo: Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay as viewed through the windshield of my truck

Nature is all around us. Sometimes, nature is even in our house. And sometimes, we are not amused.

Published Sunday, 3 September 2023, 6:00
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged centipede, hognose snake, raccoon

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 17)

Photo: Two squirrels splooting on our back porch to deal with the heat

The extreme heat isn’t keep the natural denizens from making appearances around our house.

Published Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:39
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged brown anole, green anole, gulf coast toad, painted bunting, rock squirrel, Texas Spiny Lizard, tree frog, vine sphinx moth, walkingstick insect

Firecracker Plants and Caterpillars

When we noticed caterpillars on our firecracker plants, we didn’t realize we were viewing a phenomenon that has been recognized for only a few years.

Published Friday, 30 June 2023, 6:29
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged butterfly, caterpillar, common buckeye, firecracker plant

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 16 – Mammals, Birds, & Reptiles)

Photo: Dragonfly on hibiscus leaf, photographed from below

Part one of Part 16 (confusing, right?) was all about insects. In Part 2, we move higher up the food chain.

Published Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 15:04
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged anole, diamondback watersnake, geese, rabbit, skunk, Texas Spiny Lizard, turtle, whitetail deer, whitetail fawn

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 16 – Invertebrates)

Photo: Squirrel splayed out on the concrete, trying to deal with the brutal Texas heat

In the first of this two part series, we take a quick look at some local phenomena in the insect world.

Published Monday, 26 June 2023, 16:46
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged assassin bug, black swallowtail caterpillar, caterpillar hunter beetle, praying mantis, walnut caterpillar

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 15)

Photo: funny tree stump

Nature provided a plethora of fascinating scenes over the past few weeks.

Published Friday, 2 June 2023, 17:54
Categorized as Nature, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 14)

Bluebonnets are fading, but there are plenty of other wildflowers to take their place. We also encountered a teensy turtle, and a hitherto unobserved water snake.

Published Thursday, 27 April 2023, 6:00
Categorized as Nature, Plant Life, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged diamondback watersnake, milkweed, Monarch butterflies, river cooter, Texas wildflowers

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