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Can You Live Without Nature?

By: Christena December 23, 2018December 26, 2018

Nature StoriesBirding, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Quote, Wildlife Encounters, Wildlife RefugesLeave a Comment

“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” – Aldo Leopold

Monarchs of 2018

By: Christena October 7, 2018June 20, 2020

Nature Stories3RF, Monarch Migration, Monarchs, Texas, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife EncountersLeave a Comment

Monarch butterflies are nature’s most gentle beauties. Since 2015 I’ve biologically monitored the main 3RF campus in Foard County, Texas for all kinds of wildlife. I’ve seen monarchs pass through, but only a handful at a time. This year was quite different. I was checking my camera traps when I came up under a…

Someone’s Always Watching

By: Christena April 19, 2017August 26, 2018

Christena's PhotographyCaprock Canyons, Little Stories of My Life, Moments in Nature, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Encounters, Wildlife PhotographyLeave a Comment

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

Curiosity of Praying Mantis

By: Christena March 5, 2017January 23, 2018

Nature StoriesInsect, Insect Photoraphy, Mantis religiosa, Nature, Praying Mantis, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Encounters, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

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…