Diario de cosmiccat

Gall Week is until Sunday, April 23, 2023. I'd like to encourage everyone to observe as many galls as possible and add them to the project here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/gall-week-spring-2023

If you need help identifying galls, an excellent resource is here: https://www.gallformers.org/

Today is the second day of the city nature challenge. It rained most of the day, but I went out as soon as it cleared up. Longview has just opened a new trail that connects Guthrie Park to the Paul G. Boorman trail, so I walked along it looking for birds and interesting plants. The trail section goes through a marshy area adjoining a creek; it looks like good dragonfly habitat. I did find a new plant species for Gregg County, the Stinking Chamomile, but it's an invasive. :-(

I want to visit a place I haven't been yet tomorrow, so I looked on Google Maps and found the Chandler River Park, which goes along the Neches River. Hopefully it isn't flooded.

https://www.chandlertx.com/DocumentCenter/View/480/River-park-FAQ?bidId=

In other news, this time next week I'll be on vacation in Bentonville, AR, to observe the plants and animals of the Ozarks and hopefully catch an Ozark Bass.