Notes to myself

 Prairie nymphs (Herbertia lahue), transplanted from my mother's Kendall County property.

Non-native spring starflowers (Tristagma uniflorum), transplanted from Blanco.

 Mystery bulbs that Sheryl can't remember a thing about.....Pretty sad. I must be getting really old.

 Non-native grape hyacinths, transplanted from a vacant lot that will be developed (owned by Trinity Lutheran Church).

Fringed puccoon (Lithospermum incisum), transplanted from our Blanco County property.

Death camas

 Nuttall's death camas (Zigadenus nuttallii)

Black vultures in love

Two black vultures in love frequent my mother's bird bath and roof. She lives near Boerne. James got a video yesterday. I think they're very sweet.

Scoliid wasp

Look at this beauty I spotted yesterday at my mother's house near Boerne. He/she must have measured nearly 2 inches long! I thought it might be a cicada killer. Nope. I had to enlist experts at Bugguide.net to  help me with this ID. Meet Campsomeris ephippium (no common name), a member of Scoliidae wasp family. The females dig into the ground, sting a host grub, and lay their eggs on the paralyzed grub. Adults nectar, as this one was doing on a mountain laurel. Amazing!

First bluebonnets and more

First bluebonnets of the season in The Meadow! My favorite time of the year, always. In the photo above, can you find what I found when I was editing? Hint: Buzz!

Prairie verbena

 

She crab spider at work on a tenpetal anemone.

Red-shouldered hawks

More blooms and possumhaw

Mountain laurel about to bust

Grounsel getting started.

Bees loving the redbud.

And our possumhaw put on berries for the first time!