Rare Blooms of Lace Cactus

As I was turning off the road from White Lake at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, onto the main road these bright pink flowers caught my eye in the stands of dead grass. I stopped the car and immediately carefully hiked it to, without the protection of snake boots I might add because of my excitement.…

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Best Camera Trap Captures – January 2017

I’ll be sharing the best camera trap captures from 2017. These images are from the field research I’m conducting for 3 Rivers Foundation. This project phase will end in March 2017. These images are selected to show here are based on the animal behavior captured, as well as the uniqueness of the capture.  January 2017 –…

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Curiosity of Praying Mantis

During my camera trap research, I’ve  had to move two of my cameras to another location away from the Beaver Pond at 3RF. The cattails, marsh fleabane and cockleburs had overtaken the pond to where no wildlife was utilizing the pond and its limited stagnate water. As part of my research, I’ve been documenting the…

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Mystery of Carolina Wren Continues

The mystery of our little Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) continues. It was on February 13, 2017, that I noticed the swallow nest was empty. It continued to be empty. The wren apparently vanished. I’ve had empty nest syndrome. Every night I look for his tail sticking out of the nest. Every once in a while…

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