Friends of Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve

06/13/2026

With Caleb Hinojos, I walked the preserve for a little over two hours this morning. Caleb took lots of photos of invertebrates and turtles, and I took just a couple of iPhone photos to capture what really stood out. At the beginning, the sky was mostly covered with a herringbone-sort of cloud pattern. Then we saw a differential grasshopper on a basketflower that apparently had just shed. One photo is one view of how many flowers are blooming right now, and another (in the yucca meadow) shows more four-point evening primrose than I've ever seen at one time.

06/09/2026

A brief visit today, sticking close to the fishing pond. I've been looking forward to the kind of numbers and diversity of dragonflies that I saw today. And a red-eared slider is always welcome - and so is the beebalm!

05/24/2026

If you were at the preserve this afternoon and wondered if it was summer yet, it might be hard to tell. With a temperature near 90 and high humidity, it felt hot. I was happy to see the spotted horsemint (aka spotted beebalm) growing tall and blooming. Many of the other flowers are winding down, though there is plenty of black-eyed Susan. And it's always a pleasure to see one of the Texas spiny lizards waiting on the oak trunks to ambush an insect.

05/23/2026

A reminder that this coming Thursday is the 3rd installment of the Wild Lives of Texas' Reptiles and Amphibians. There will be lots of photos and lots of information about the American alligator and the turtles found in our part of Texas. See the link below to sign up and attend, by Zoom, and it's free!

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05/06/2026

The second in the series of presentations, "The Wild Lives of Texas' Reptiles and Amphibians" is scheduled a week from tomorrow (May 14). It's a free program starting at 7pm via Zoom - see the event listing below (or at www.friendsofscnp.org on the "events") page.

Photo shows a pickerel frog.

05/05/2026

May 2026 Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/7a42dc4d9b2f/may2026

05/02/2026

I walked for about an hour and a half…

04/29/2026

The Wild Lives starts tomorrow! If you are interested in reptiles and amphibians and their natural history, you can join us (free) for a series of Zoom presentations. The details are in the event listing on this FB page, including the meeting code and passcode.

04/25/2026

Here is how City Nature Challenge has gone so far -

The iNaturalist PartyBy Michael Smith / April 25, 2026 Around Earth Day, nature throws a party, and the dancing and eating and games all involve iNaturalist. The party’s host is called “City Nature Challenge,” a four-day global bioblitz in which the partygoers look around at all the life that ...