The kids caught a LOT of skinks! I'd guess at least a dozen. 
Alexandra even caught her first skink, though this isn't the one she caught.
Close up of the skink.
This was about an inch long and soft and fuzzy. I think it's some kind of egg sac.
This was very hard -again, an egg sac?
A crayfish, or crawdad, burrow. Crayfish resemble small lobsters, but they are a freshwater crustacean and their homes are usually found along creeks and streams, though we often have them in fields around here. 
A dragonfly I followed quite a while to take about 25 photographs. At first, I thought his wings were broken, but they are transparent except for the dark brown tips and spots.
A millipede - we saw several millipedes and I believe 1 centipede
We were excited to see tracks by the creek, but it turns out they were just from a big dog.
These little plants were about the size of a nickel. And, a big "thanks!" to my friend Kim for identifying this interesting plant. It is a sundew - a carnivorous plant!!! I wish I would have known that and could have pointed it out to the kids. Well, next time, I'll know!
A fern fiddlehead or unfurled frond - it's called a fiddlehead because it resembles the "scroll" of a stringed instrument, like a fiddle. It will unroll as the fern matures.
7 comments:
Oh Dana, these are awesome photos. Thank you so much for showing these. I love your nature photos.
I just love all of the creatures you find!
What a neat nature outing, thank for sharing your wonderful photos from it! Lots of very interesting creatures, definitely things that we don't have around here.
Blessings, Melissa
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Those are great pictures. My favorite is the little plant and that dragonfly. When I clicked on those pictures to make them bigger they were amazing.
I'm getting my zoom lens on Tuesday. I am not leaving home till I have it on my camera. Can't wait. What a difference these SLRs are!
Dana, you got a lot of really neat shots. The little red plant is a Sundew. It is a carniverous plant just like the Pitcher Plant is. There are many at the Big Thicket!
Looks like it was a lot of fun!
Kim
Wow! That skink is so teeny. I hadn't realized that GB's had gotten so big until I saw your photo.
I agree with Martha, that dragonfly photo was AMAZING! Geez! What detail!
I wish it was daytime, so we could go out, because I'm all inspired now. :-)
Those are great pictures!! I love the one of the fiddlehead. It's been years since I've seen one of those. Thanks for sharing!
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