Finally Caught on Camera
Some of the species around here are notoriously camera-shy. Here are two snakes that I have glimpsed for years, but have never been able to get really good pictures of. Thanks to my… Continue reading
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Great Horned Owl Fledgling
A few weeks ago, I was walking up to the lamb pen, and I realized that one of the tree stumps across the pasture just looked odd. It looked too tall and too… Continue reading
Who Left THAT There?
In my walks around our farm, I come across plenty of small mysteries — Mystery #1: What snake left its skin in this hay bale? Mystery #2: Who scattered these pond mussels on… Continue reading
Blogging Buddies Take a Hike
On my trip to Phoenix earlier in April, I got to meet up with a blog friend, Andrea Huelsenbeck. I have been following Andrea’s blog, ARHtistic License, since Sept. 2015! We are both… Continue reading
Desert Beauty
…the sight of any beauty reminds me that I am a savage. Yes… a savage, with clumsy senses, and blind to a thousand things I should be able to see, deaf to a… Continue reading
Wild Hogs
Feral hogs are the bane of our existence here in Texas, especially for those who live in nice new suburban areas. They breed quickly and destroy plants, and they are a dangerous obstacle… Continue reading
Hill Country Animals
Here are some of the animals caught on camera in the dry creek bed of our family property in Central Texas.
Toad Update Solves an ID Mystery
A few weeks ago, when we went on the walk at the Center for Biological Research Studies, I saw an unfamiliar amphibian. Looking at the small picture on my camera screen, the director… Continue reading
September Showers Bring Butterflies
This past weekend, we got to go out to the Texas Hill Country. Our place there is about 300 miles west of where we live in East Texas. It normally gets about 25… Continue reading
A Trip to a Research Station
Usually when I am out in nature, I am at a park or a beach, or even my own yard. But this past weekend I was able to go to a real research… Continue reading