The main motivator for undertaking a Texas road trip this spring was to experience Texas’s avifauna. There are more avian-themed posts in the wings but today’s post highlights animals other than birds. I try to keep an open mind while traveling instead of having too many preconceived notions, in order not to be disappointed when … Continue reading On the Road–Texas Fauna
I have a new favorite reptile! No, not the American Alligator I reported on in last week’s post. But a much smaller, much less intimidating reptile the color of an emerald who also wears blue eyeshadow. On many occasions, I have admired photographs of this attractive lizard in posts by fellow bloggers. In Texas, my … Continue reading On the Road–Part 4
Our encounter with the Whooping Cranes was not the only memorable one at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Apart from visiting the observation tower and several boardwalks, we also strolled along the 0.5 mile-short Rail Trail near the Visitor Center. A narrow foot path paralleled and circled Tomas Slough, one of the few freshwater resources on … Continue reading On the Road–Part 3
. . . is to spend a morning on the prairie east of town, with a view of our local mountain range in full view. This is especially true after one to two inches of rain have fallen on the region, the temperature is comfortable, the sun shining, and the wind nearly absent. The earth … Continue reading My Idea of Bliss . . .
On occasion I have more than one wildlife encounter on the same day. Following my meeting with the charming coyote in the luminous light of the rising October sun you might remember from my previous post, the morning holds another surprise. After moving on to another favorite birding destination in prairie habitat, I walk a … Continue reading Unexpected
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