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Looking Into the Eyes of a Porcupine

By: Christena September 24, 2015August 11, 2024

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Hiking the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge always reveals something new. On a cool, cloudy, and almost completely overcast day, we happened upon a grove of hackberry trees. After following Barry through the tall grass we came up under the trees. For some reason something made me look up to my right into the tree and…

A Chance Encounter with Aoudad Sheep Lambs

By: Christena March 21, 2015March 21, 2015

Nature StoriesAmmotragus lervia, Aoudad, Aoudad Lambs, Carlsbad Caverns, Exotics, Mammals, Nature Stories, New Mexico Wildlife, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

There is always a first for everything and I recently got to see Aoudad sheep (Ammotragus lervia) lambs for the first time. Thanks to my friend, Emily, who had already taken photos of these babes, I was on the look out for them as Sharla and I was driving into Carlsbad Caverns National Park in…

Eurasian Collared Dove – An Invasive Species

By: Christena March 16, 2015May 7, 2021

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After seeing beautiful, large doves at various locations I travel to often here in Texas, I did not know what species they were. When flying they have a distinctive “caw” like sound. About a month ago an opportunity afforded me to capture a photo of one. The photograph revealed a new species to me –…