You Don’t Know What You’re Missing – Our Visit to the Buffalo Lake NWR

  Four friends who support the Friends of the High Plains Refuge Complex met at the Buffalo Lake Refuge south of Umbarger, Texas on the first day of July this year. Thankfully, it was not overbearingly hot as some recent days in this region where temperatures have topped over 100+. Willa and Daria had never…

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Beauty of a Restored Beaver Pond

On a recent check of my camera traps at 3RF, I stayed long enough at the newly restored Beaver Pond to capture the setting sun.   Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography  

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Someone’s Always Watching

Eyes are everywhere – even in the cracks of rocks you are about to rest on… Photo captured at Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas.   Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography

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Curiosity of Praying Mantis

During my camera trap research, I’ve  had to move two of my cameras to another location away from the Beaver Pond at 3RF. The cattails, marsh fleabane and cockleburs had overtaken the pond to where no wildlife was utilizing the pond and its limited stagnate water. As part of my research, I’ve been documenting the…

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