Natural History Wanderings

Rob Greebon Photography has a summary of his bluebonnet observations over the last few weeks:

I’ve tried to keep my facebook page updated as I travel around looking for wildflowers. I’ve driven over 500 miles in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, the Texas Hill Country is virtually barren of bluebonnets this spring. What started as a promising season with rains last fall faded as we did not get much rain at all from January through April. The best places I’ve found have been southeast of Austin – in the areas of New Berlin, La Vernia, Stockdale, Yoakum, Shiner, and Luling.

These past few weeks, I did find the best bluebonnets of the season actually fairly close to Austin. Muleshoe Bend and Turkey Bend are both LCRA parks and offer fields of bluebonnets. The downside to these places are they are open to the public. Unfortunately, not all folks respect the bluebonnets and others that may want to enjoy them later. Large tire tracks ran through and across some amazing fields of blue. I really don’t understand how people like that think.

See photos at:  Rob Greebon Photography | Bluebonnet Update – Easter Weekend, 2014.