Wildlife Wednesday Smiles – Coyotes’ Song

Nature’s music is perfection. It is not often you can hear nature’s melodies so clearly enlivening the darkness around you with only sounds. One night that darkness was enlightened by the various sounds of coyotes’ singing, yips, and calling out to each other. The video has no visuals. Only the coyotes’ sounds are heard bringing…

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Wildlife Wednesday Smiles – Striped Skunk

Striped skunks are always elusive to a large degree. When they show up on a camera it becomes a rare treat. Enjoy this moment of a striped skunk doing what it does best – swishing its tail ever so slightly and tiptoeing into the night. Happy Wildlife Wednesday.

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Wildlife Wednesday Smiles – Prairie Verbena

Prairie verbena, Glandularia bipinnatifida, has shown me through the years its resilient fortitude to withstand droughts, thrives when the rains come, and most important in many areas where it is present is always blooming year-round. Often this is the first wildflower to emerge right before spring. This low-growing native wildflower is simply the best. Happy…

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Wildlife Wednesday Smiles – Beaver, Beaver

Today’s Wildlife Wednesday Smile is one of the super best videos I captured of the beavers in Foard County, Texas. Their lodge, built right up against the creek bank often had steam rising out of it during the winter months. These keystone species are vital to healthy ecosystems. Their dams provide water and keep water…

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