Foster babies! They are making me feel my age with the lack of sleep. My first bottle babies ever. Aren't they cute? Snowdrop and Dewdrop. #cats #kittens #fostercats #adoptdontshop #babyanimals

Managed to get a nature walk in today!! Yay! Maybe ditching SSRIs will finally allow me to enjoy the outdoors again. #insects #texasmasternaturalists #moths #spiders

@scottsolomon.bsky.social Thanks again for the awesome talk at our TMN meeting last night. I didn't realize that ants were so fascinating.

My whole family has been down with COVID for over a week and a half. I finally managed to go for a short nature walk today and saw this new to me beetle. I was the first one sick, which is awful because I had only went to CVS to get meds the week I got sick! Pick up meds, get bonus germs I guess.

Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.

Enjoyed a morning of birding on Sunday. ☺️ As you can see, I am not a good birding partner...always looking for the little things. I might have gotten a bit too excited about finally seeing these 'tree cattle' bark lice. #arthropods #texasmasternaturalist #txstateparks #insects #spider #nature

Cool 🆒 insects at the park today! It was way too hot but I uploaded some new-to-me iNat observations! Yay! #texasstateparks #sheldonlakestatepark #htx #insects #beetles #moths #caterpillar #texasmasternaturalist

Having a Disney Princess moment today. I love these guys. #dragonflies #insects #htx #texasmasternaturalist

We went to Kentucky last week to visit family and were luck enough to see the #periodicalcicadas! #cicadas #easternKentucky #broodXIV

I've seen a few cool flies over the past two days, so I thought I'd join in #flyday this week. #insects #flies #inaturalist

Some of my favorite finds from #citynaturechallenge. I ended up getting sick and missing half of it, but I had a blast when I did get out and managed to log 700 observations and ~350 species. #inaturalist #texasmasternaturalist #insects #htx

Got up before 6 today to see the Amur stonechat in Anahuac Texas. We saw her and she's so pretty. Walked around the refuge for several hours looking for more birds and insects. Saw my first hooded warbler and these cool weevils. Lots of gators out today. 🪶 #texasnature #weevils #alligators #sleepy

This week has sucked, right? Anyone need a snoot to boop? #itsweeviltime #insects #weevils #inaturalist

Some of our fun finds volunteering yesterday. I swear nature hikes are keeping me sane right now. So thankful the insects are back in full force. #texasmasternaturalist #arthropods #beetles #insects #bugs #iNaturalist #iNat #setx

Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us. tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs. Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!

The rain finally cleared out, so it was time to go visit nature!! I got a new bird to add to my life list, a couple cool new insects, and we saw this cute, messy cattle egret. #iNaturalist #htx #insects #birds

Soooooo happy the insects are finally back!!! I was getting so tired of birds. 😆 They are my winter fun, but give me the insects any old day! (Although I did get to add Northern Parula to my life list this week). #texasmasternaturalist #insects #bugs #nature #texas #iNaturalist

OMG!!! Moths are back!! I have to switch to birds over the winter, but I am ready for all the insects!!! Yay!!! I had 10 species come to my sheet tonight. Not bad in the middle of suburbia for a couple hours. #moths #insects #htx

Spent the morning volunteering as a #texasmasternaturalist. This giant dinosaur was our first bird sighting of the day. They look so prehistoric. #birds 🪶 #texas #naturewalk

We see tons of grackles in the parking lots around us, but we had one visit our bird feeder for the first time today. It is welcome to return, but hopefully not with his gang of friends. I can't afford to feed them all. 🤣 I keep food for them in my trunk to leave when I go shopping though. 🪶 #birds

My #InsertAnInvert2024 zines arrived and they look really good!! I've got them listed in my shop now: www.metrofieldguide.com/product/zine...

The world feels heavy this week, so I'm thankful for my little buddy. Sending out hugs to all who need them. #cats

Went out exploring with a friend today and after seeing eagles and cool insects, enjoying the sound of walking through fallen leaves, we ended by finding this. 😂 I am so tempted to upload it to #iNaturalist just for laughs. We need all the laughs right now. #texasparks #strangethingsinnature

To avoid males as much as possible, female Rocky Mountain Parnassians don’t fly much. Instead, they spend most of their time running around on the ground! Douglas County, Colorado, USA

I finally have a good heron pic to add! I see so many awesome ones and am always jealous. This cute dinosaur was beside the road when I turned into the area I was going birding yesterday. #birds #texasmasternaturalist #texas #trnwr

No clue which vireo (think that's the right genus) this is, but it was a fun day out birding in the cold. I added 3-4 new to me birds including a brown creeper, white-throated sparrow, and a winter wren. #birds #texasparks #htx #nature

Did a Christmas Bird Count yesterday and this was my favorite bird of the day! They are the cutest birds! #christmasbirdcount #birds #houstonaudubon #htx

Steve in the bird feeder again. He's quite addicted to it. He did not like me coming out to speak to him about it and sneaking a pet. #opossum #backyardwildlife #nature

When your mom visits from Kentucky, you get chocolate gravy for breakfast. Yum. Any other #Appalachian folks love it? #easternKentucky #chocolategravy #family

Had a nice morning out birding. We saw an American kestrel, an adorable blue-gray gnatcatcher, tons of cormorants, some blue-winged teals, American pipits, etc. We also saw some more common birbs and a bazillion yellow-rumped warblers. 🪶 #birds #texasmasternaturalist

I think the weather has my bluebirds very confused. They seem to be building a nest today. #birds #backyardnature #htx

It's amazing how many species my native mistflower attracts. Here are a few I saw as I walked by it yesterday. #nativeplantgardening #entomology #insects #spiders #backyardbugs

🤣🤣 My friends are having a blast chuckling at my conversation with Steve last night. I'm a dork. I just wanted to touch him once. It's partly his fault since he comes and tempts me every night. Ha! #opossums #backyardnature

Someone is here for the buffet at my bird feeder this morning. 👀 #birds 🪶 #backyardnature #hawks #htx

Steve was all up in the plate last night chomping down on grapes. I tried to make him a little shelter area but I don't think he's convinced yet. It's rainy here and I'm so blah. I need nature walks!!! #opossum #backyardnature #stevetheopossum

Poor little bee is cold this morning. #bees #backyardnature #htx

The acorns seem so much prettier this year for some reason. A little pile from my yard. I was looking for some that might have critters inside and ended up making art. Never overlook the beauty in the ordinary things around you. #nature #acorns #oaks

Busted Steve in the bird feeder again. He does it every night that I forget to bring it inside. Silly thing. #opossum #backyardnature #htx

A few birds from the bird survey today. The northern shoveler was a new bird for me. I can't tell cormorants apart. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Love seeing the limpkins eating those awful snails! #birds 🪶 #texasstateparks #houstonaudubon #htx

Went out for a nature walk today with my husband. We saw quite a few large alligators, along with some herons, egrets, and butterflies. There were a lot of monarchs fluttering about! #birds #nationalwildliferefuge #nature #alligators #texas #butterflies

Some sightings today! A bit of fall colors in Texas, a beautiful clown weevil, and a velvet cutworm. #insects #leaves #htx #nature #weeviltime

I don't know why I love beetles so much. This one is sporting some friends!! #beetles #iNat #nature #insects I would like to say that 84 degrees is not an acceptable temperature for November, but there's insects out, so... 🤷🏻‍♀️

Egret anyone? Perhaps a cormorant? It was crazy today!! #birds 🪶 #txstateparks #htx

Some great books we've been reading for homeschool history this week. My daughter and I are loving Prairie Lotus! The #RacetotheTruthseries is so good. This is our newest book in the series. #secularhomeschool #americanhistory #books

The insects in Texas are cold today. These cute little furrow bees were sheltering from the chilly wind in my cosmos blooms. #bees #htx #iNat #insects

Time for a book giveaway! If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike! I'll draw winners on 12/1. About the book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #edusky

Added a new bird to my life list today!Yay for hermit thrushes!! They are SO adorable! Maybe I'll just go birding every day for the next 4 years. #birds 🪶 #houstonaudubon #htx #nature

So many robins at the #houstonaudubon Edith L Moore Nature Sanctuary today. This one was chowing down on a moth (I think). #birds 🪶 #nature #robin #htx #texas

It's been a rough day for my anxiety. I finally managed to go outside to visit the neighborhood park. The butter butts are back in full force now. They were the first bird I learned to ID. Also saw a hint of fall and a deer. #birds 🪶 #localparks #nature #iNat