Natural History Wanderings

Gary Regner Photography reports

A week of sunshine and warm temperatures has brought wildflowers out of their winter slumber and into a growth spurt. Reports are now coming in from all over Texas of annual wildflowers beginning to bloom. It is early, but fields of blooms are popping up, and looking better every day. Best reports so far are coming from south and east of San Antonio (based on photographic evidence).

In the Austin area, bluebonnets and paintbrush have now begun to bloom in fields, pastures and vacant lots, albeit early. This weekend I’ll be scouting a large swath of south central Texas, and will have a report early next week.