February 1, 2024
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 Lakes […]
January 1, 2024
Fishing Hole Nature: Cardinals Rule! What better bird to see than a bright red bird in wintertime? The crest on the top of his head and […]
December 1, 2023
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. The […]
December 1, 2023
Be More Like Rudolph When Santa needs help guiding his sleigh, who does he turn to? Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, of course. How else would he […]
November 1, 2023
The Dazzling Colors of Feathers Birds can be such glorious colors…reds, blues, greens, oranges, yellows, and some are even iridescent! We humans see a particular feather […]
November 1, 2023
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 aren’t […]
October 1, 2023
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 right here […]
August 1, 2023
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, Northern […]
July 1, 2023
Tree Frogs The first and only time I’ve seen one of these critters was on my living room wall. Don’t know how he got there but […]
