Monarchs of 2018

  Monarch butterflies are nature’s most gentle beauties. Since 2015 I’ve biologically monitored the main 3RF campus in Foard County, Texas for all kinds of wildlife. I’ve seen monarchs pass through, but only a handful at a time. This year was quite different. I was checking my camera traps when I came up under a…

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Near Perfect Camouflage

I love coming across nature finds like this in the field. This is an expected duel beauty of a female praying mantis and Englemann milkweed pods. It was near perfect camouflage. Captured in Foard County, Texas.

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BEAVER!

Note: This story being shared is a tad late, but that’s what happens when life transpires. It’s not often I have a really exciting day in the field. Especially when the day starts out frustrating. But then you later realize if it were not for those frustrations then the exciting part of your day would…

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A May Day’s of Wildlife Firsts

      Driving to Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus in the Rolling Plains of Texas I rarely see much wildlife. On really hot days like today at the campus – my car registered 100 degrees – not much wildlife ever stirs on the campus. That was not the case today!!! At the Beaver Pond –…

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