Native Animals of North America

In our travels, we have seen some iconic North American animals. You can see more animals from the Elk Refuge at my post here. It was fun to revisit old travels for this… Continue reading

Native Wild Animals of Texas

This week Denzil asks us to show wild animals for his Nature Photo Challenge #28. That is a huge topic and I think this will be a three-part series! I see lots of… Continue reading

Nature Photo Challenge #27: Ladybugs

It took me a while but I did find some photos of ladybugs for the September 6th Nature Photo Challenge at Denzil Nature. I don’t normally take pictures of ladybugs, because we have… Continue reading

Anhinga: Bird of the Week

We live about ten miles from a lake, and every now and then the cormorants and anhingas that live there take a jaunt to our pond. This week we had an Anhinga, and… Continue reading

Nature Photo Challenge #26: Corvids

The  current photo challenge set by Denzil Nature is for pictures of corvids, birds of the crow and jay families. And he reminds us to also link to I.J. Kanewala’s Bird of the… Continue reading

A Couple of Herons: Birds of the Week

In the evenings, I like to go sit by our little pond and see what shows up.  Recently, I was just settling into place when one of the dogs startled a Green Heron… Continue reading

Nature Photo Challenge #25: Seedheads

This week Denzil asks us to post photos of seedheads. One of the most interesting native trees we have is Hercules’ Club, also called Toothache Tree.  If you chew on any part of… Continue reading

Red-shouldered Hawk: Bird of the Week

I was sitting outside, watching some crows on the edge of our pond.  One of them was flipping something up in the air and I just couldn’t tell what it was. Suddenly there… Continue reading

Nature Photo Challenge #24: Edibles

I once went to a talk by a soil expert.  He said, “In Texas, there are six types of soil that are good for growing crops.  In our county, we have none of… Continue reading

Nature Photo Challenge #23: Flies

The theme of the previous challenge was “Tree Bark” and I closed with some pictures of holes drilled by Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. And that gives me a great segue into this week’s challenge, because… Continue reading