I’ve added a News page to Mother Nature’s Son. You can find it on the site menu next to Home. I’ll post nature news items to it. I’m always coming across interesting nature news stories as I poke around on … Continue reading →
Our game camera recently caught several elusive visitors. You can see by the photo’s time stamps that they all were early in the morning. First is a nice white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck. White-tailed deer are not rare on our property, but … Continue reading →
I’m fascinated by nature’s endless creativity. Scientists have discovered a new form of mimicry in a new species of spider in South America. From Wired: A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been … Continue reading →
We received about 0.15 inches of rain last night and it was most welcome. It didn’t rain at all in November and even though it wasn’t much, the mid-December rain is like a gift from the sky. Here’s a pretty … Continue reading →
The Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) has gone to seed. Little Bluestem is a native grass and considered quite desirable by we naturalist types. I took a few photos today and you can compare them to my earlier post, at the … Continue reading →