nature

Communing With Nature: Nesting in the Pineywoods The West Gulf Coastal Plain, known by Texans as the Pineywoods, is the most forested part of the...

Communing with Nature: Polk County Christmas Bird Count Delivers Mixed Results Binoculars and maps, water, cameras, and phone apps were ready, as 14 Piney Wood...

Communing with Nature: Take a Hike for Dinner, Forage Fall is a great time get out into the woods in East Texas for a hike....

Love is in the Air Yep, it’s that time of year. White-tailed bucks are checking out the girls. They aren’t very particular, however, and certainly...

Fishing Hole Nature: The Pink-Feathered Roseate Spoonbills The pink-feathered Roseate Spoonbills are special, and not found only in Florida or Galveston!  We have them...

Fishing Hole Nature: Our Many Different Woodpeckers When you live in East Texas, woodpeckers are a common sight - Red-Headed, Hairy, Pileated, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Red-Bellied,...

Breeding Birds: Till Death Do Them Part, Sometimes If you’ve braved the heat even for a walk around your yard or block, you’ve seen or...

Fishing Hole Nature: Celebrating Our Local East Texas Bald Eagles! We celebrate our country’s independence next month, and what better way to honor the...

Look But Don’t Touch! Lots of names for such a little thing. They are more formally known as the Texas southern flannel moth Megalopyge opercularis....

Communing with Nature: Go Native. Better for You, Better for Bugs and Birds! How would you like your garden beds to become nearly maintenance free,...