My encounters with Flora and Fauna, as well as my continuing research at 3 Rivers Foundation.
In these unprecedented times of 2020, I rediscovered a native beauty growing in a cotton field. While this plant is a low growing plant, the specimens in this field came up to over my knee. They are quite distinctive plants observed from 75 MPH and even more remarkable up close. Devil’s claw or unicorn plant…
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When I see a plant that I cannot immediately ID I label the photo with UK or Unknown with the date. Often, I go back to identify it by proper common and scientific names. Then there are times I don’t get back to identifying the plant in the file because that’s how life goes.…
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Science is fun. Even research is fun. When you tie those in with mammals the results can be quite unexpected. I don’t bait my camera traps. But I had seen a video clip from a camera trap where coyotes had taken off with a dog’s toy and started playing with it. It inspired me to…
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Iguanas and Jurassic Park in the Rolling Plains of Texas? What’s that? Here’s your chance to meet both all in one. This famed iguana and little dinosaur, the Eastern Collared Lizard. This lizard is a member of the iguana family. Plus, you can say they are little dinosaurs because they can run up to fifteen…
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Forgotten Winds 