See notes on time adjacent observation with winged specimens
UPDATE: I was in this park again 5/4/24 and saw this organism still around. I gave it a good poke this time, and it's firm. So I'm pretty sure it's not a slime mold, but rather a fungus. It's growing on (dead) wood. Will soon upload today's pix as a separate observation. I think Frothy Porecrust or close to it is still a good tentative ID.
No idea what this is. Seek suggested it was a tapioca slime mold, while iNat suggestions are split between fungus and slime mold. I think it was growing on a likely dead plant root but can’t be sure. It was on the footpath out in the open. This is the only specimen I saw in the area.
Determined to build a nest in the Mitchell Audubon van tailpipe area. Staff remove the nest attempts, but this bird (pair) is determined.
Pair of Scissor-taileds were having a major fight with a GT grackle.
On Salvia. I'm not sure how to distinguish the two species shown here for Bexar Co. They look very similar to me.