A Moment with a Mexican Ground Squirrel

In my field time at Comanche Springs, I’ve seen this little guy during the spring and summer months running about this section. He’s always afraid of the Gator and has only been captured on the nearby camera trap twice. All that changed on an overcast almost rainy day last month. He ran west from the…

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Hiking Upper Canyon Trail at Caprock Canyons

Yesterday, was a fantastic day for Sharla and I to hike at Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas. We hiked the Upper Canyon Trail. A constant breeze was present with the temperature being in the mid-80s in the canyon. Creeks were running with water with two crows cawing and soaring over the ridgeline. The trail…

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Experiencing a Bat Flight

It first starts with an incoming swoosh of cave swallows entering the cave for their nightly rest. Then in timed synchronization, the second and third set of swallows fly in taking up their spots within the cavern entrance. Then a distant faint thunderous, fluttering noise is heard caused by thousands upon thousands of bat wings circling…

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