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Fields of Wildflowers at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

By: Christena May 17, 2017August 26, 2018

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Reflections of a November Day at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

By: Christena December 18, 2016January 23, 2018

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It’s a temperate day of around 60 degrees. Not a cloud is in the sky and a gentle breeze is blowing. As I’m driving along I spot a few prairie dogs eating. I have no idea what they can be consuming in the barren landscape they’ve created. Three cottontails appear running off into the…

Looking Into the Eyes of a Porcupine

By: Christena September 24, 2015January 24, 2018

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Hiking the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge always reveals something new. On a cool, cloudy and almost complete 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…

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

By: Christena February 11, 2015August 26, 2018

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