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The Voice of a Meadowlark

By: Christena February 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Christena's PhotographyAvian, Grulla National Wildlife Refuge, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Stories, New Mexico Wildlife, Sturnella neglecta, Texas Wildlife, Western Meadowlark, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

You’re stopped on the High Plains of Texas, get out of your car and then you hear a call that sounds like a low throaty explosive chuck. Then the sound turns into a rich flute-like jumble of gurgling notes descending the music scale. If you are stopped anywhere in the High Plains of Texas along…

Photo Journal of Great Horned Owl – Part Two

By: Christena January 31, 2015January 24, 2018

Christena's PhotographyAvian, Birds, Bubo virginianus, Friends of Muleshoe and Grulla NWR, Great Horned Owl, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Nazareth Texas, NWR, Texas, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

Just last week I photographed a great horned owl at the Nazareth cemetery and I briefly mentioned the ever-present, but mysterious great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Muleshoe, Texas. Earlier this week this owl became elusive no more to my camera. My friend, Ginny and I have known…

A Baby Barn Swallows Tale

By: Christena September 14, 2014January 24, 2018

Christena's PhotographyArchitecture, Avian, Barn Swallows, Birds, Hirundo rustica, Historical Architecture, Historical Loves, Mallet Ranch, Nature Stories, Texas Historical Commission, Texas Ranches, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Surprises2 Comments

Squeak. Squeak. Squeak is how these photographs are remembered… In 2007 I was working in earnest to save to a historic ranch headquarters known as the Mallet Ranch in Texas. Part of my documentation process was to take extensive archival photographs of the buildings’ architecture. The oldest structure was the main house and I needed…