From 2015 to 2022, I captured over 600,000 camera traps, as well as photographic field images at 3 Rivers Foundation in Foard County, Texas. Over 500 species were identified from plants to birds to amphibians to mammals to insects. From 2017 to 2022 I shared Wildlife Wednesday posts to educate and simply share the joy…
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The afternoon began with coyotes, turkey vultures, and wildflowers. It ended with trying to capture bats with an echometer. What greeted us instead were four common nighthawks Chordeiles minor flying over the Beaver Pond foraging for their dinner. Soundless in their flight except for the wingbeats they put on an aerobatic show of swooping and diving over…
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A gasping moment. A double-tap on Lynn’s arm. Grabbing my camera. Slamming on the Gator’s brakes. Climbing through a fence. The pursuit began through prickly pear and mesquite trees. But for what? Since 2015 I have been monitoring the trees and ground for live porcupines on 3 Rivers Foundation conservation lands. Every once in…
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These grasses began their lives with tons of chlorophyll in their leaves this spring. They showed their backbones by staying green in the stifling 100-degree days of summer. As they began maturing their seeds were collected to be used to reseed areas that need restoration. As the summer days turned into fall, these grasses put…
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Forgotten Winds 