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First Confirmed Coyote Pups

By: Christena July 24, 2016June 20, 2020

Nature StoriesCamera Trap, Nature Stories, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation1 Comment

Its official Comanche Springs now has its first confirmed coyote pups born this year. I was so delighted to see these captures on one of my camera traps. Earlier in the year some of the camera traps captured at least two pregnant coyotes wandering throughout the campus out of at least six confirmed coyotes…

Experiencing New Mexico’s Newest National Wildlife Refuge

By: Christena July 10, 2016January 24, 2018

Nature StoriesBeaver, Bison, Las Vegas NWR, Loma Parda, National Wildlife Refuges, New Mexico, New Mexico True, Raven, Rio Mora NWR, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

Small road-trips can often lead to the best discoveries and first-time memories. A recent quick trip trip to Las Vegas, New Mexico turned out to be a treat in many ways for my friend, Ginny and I. We were meeting with the Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge to prepare for a grant I’m…

Patience Grasshopper

By: Christena June 27, 2016November 6, 2017

Nature StoriesComanche Springs Astronomy Campus, Grasshopper, Gray Bird Grasshopper Nymph, Insect Photoraphy, Nature, Patience, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife PhotographyLeave a Comment

Every time I see this image I see a smiling grasshopper telling me, as well as reminding me to have patience! Can you see it’s smile? The grasshopper is a Gray Bird Grasshopper Nymph. Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography

Secret Lives of Roadrunners at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus

By: Christena June 22, 2016June 20, 2020

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Of all the animals the camera traps have captured during my wildlife research at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus – there is one animal that adores being a ham for the cameras. Don’t ask me how it knows these are cameras set up to take images when something moves in front of the camera, but they…