Can a Mesquite Tree Talk to You?

  To take respite during these often-hot Texas June days, I have been taking solace under a covered outdoor area on Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus. The shade provides a much welcome place to cool down, have lunch, and check emails, as well as answer texts after I have been out on the campus checking camera…

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Meet My Favorite Wildflowers of 2019

This year has been great for rain in the Texas Rolling Plains area. The greens seem more vibrant this year and wildflowers have carpeted large areas with their blossoms. Yellows of Gordon’s bladderpod, to clasping coneflowers, to lavenders of horsemint and American basketflowers are just a few of the massive blooms. I’ve been biologically monitoring…

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Best 2018 Camera Trap Captures

As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing the best camera trap captures from my research at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus this year. Some captures are quite remarkable, especially of the bat. This year found the campus being flooded twice and two my cameras were completely underwater and survived.  Bird diversity was seen to…

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