Archivos de Diario para octubre 2021

domingo, 10 de octubre de 2021

Explore the Pineywoods: Jim Hogg Park

Today I visited a new park today---Jim Hogg Park in Rusk, TX. https://naturerockspineywoods.org/greenspace/jim-hogg-park

I looked up this park a few days ago and saw that it only had 14 observations, all made a few years ago, so I had to iNat this place. Jim Hogg Park is the birthplace of its namesake, and his parents are buried here. There is a museum, a playground, picnic tables, and a nature trail.

The trail mostly wanders through flowery fields and groves of pine trees. The fields were mostly goldenrod, camphorweed, foxglove, and soft goldenaster. These fields were full of butterflies, bees, and wasps. I tried to photograph as many pollinators as I could, but didn't manage to get many. I would like to go back here in the spring to see what kind of flowers there will be then.

The park is big enough to take multiple trips to explore, so I'd definitely recommend it, especially since it needs more data.

I encourage everyone to find a local park that needs more iNat data and go exploring!

Publicado el domingo, 10 de octubre de 2021 a las 11:59 PM por cosmiccat cosmiccat | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

domingo, 17 de octubre de 2021

Longview is Getting a New Park

Longview is turning Lake Lomond into a park that will include a paved trail, a kayak rental, and a fishing pier. The trail should open in a year, and I can't wait to see it. :-)

I'm glad that this lake will soon be open to the public. As long as I've lived here, it's been fenced off and used as an illegal garbage dump. Longview and Gregg County are in desperate need of green spaces, and we don't have anything like this.

In fact, I am going to plan a little one-day bioblitz when it opens. Since it will be a year from now, I don't have anything in particular planned yet, other than it will be on a Saturday. I hope that we can show the city that east Texans do care about nature and want things like this.

@sambiology Maybe you'll come out here for that? :-)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/lake-lomond-donated-to-longview-nonprofit-will-see-changes/ar-AAPaMTM?ocid=uxbndlbing

Publicado el domingo, 17 de octubre de 2021 a las 11:56 PM por cosmiccat cosmiccat | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

martes, 19 de octubre de 2021

TPWD Video on microfish!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61Z9KSJRpU

Nice to see this promoted by TPWD! I went microfishing today and got a mosquitofish. I would have caught more species, but then I fell into the creek and had to go home to change clothes. ;p

Publicado el martes, 19 de octubre de 2021 a las 09:48 PM por cosmiccat cosmiccat | 1 observación | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

lunes, 25 de octubre de 2021

The Fish Blitz goes on!

As the year will soon come to a close, I'd like to encourage people to keep posting those fish observations! Fish must be observed in 2021 and be wild. Whoever gets the most species wins a free Mystery Tackle Box ($15 value)!

Current leaderboard:

1). @hambell with 46 species
2). @mfria631 with 14 species
3). @benthesing with 12 species
4). tie between @fishecke and @ar_etheostoma with 10 species!

Publicado el lunes, 25 de octubre de 2021 a las 08:33 PM por cosmiccat cosmiccat | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario