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Best 2018 Camera Trap Captures

By: Christena December 30, 2018June 20, 2020

Nature Stories3RF, Camera Trap, Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Observations, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife researchLeave a Comment

As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing the best camera trap captures from my research at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus this year. Some captures are quite remarkable, especially of the bat. This year found the campus being flooded twice and two my cameras were completely underwater and survived. Bird diversity was seen to…

Do Turkey Vultures Take a Bath?

By: Christena October 16, 2017June 20, 2020

Nature Stories3 RIvers Foundation, 3RF, Bird Photography, Camera Trap Research, Conservation Education, Reconyx, Turkey Vultures, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Observations, Wildlife PhotographyLeave a Comment

In the over 179,000 photos I’ve captured so far during my ongoing wildlife study at 3RF, a few remarkable photos caught my eye from September 2017 which I’ve never seen before. A turkey vulture was photographed walking into the Beaver Pond and taking a bath along the water’s edge. After some research, I learned after…

Sleeping Carolina Wren – Part 2

By: Christena January 28, 2017January 23, 2018

Nature StoriesAvian Life, Birding, Carolina Wren, Texas Wildlife, Thryothorus ludovicianus, Wildlife Encounters, Wildlife ObservationsLeave a Comment

It’s been over a month now since discovering a Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) taking refuge in a barn swallow nest on our patio. The wren has been coming back night after night sleeping like a teenager for around 12 hours. With the day’s waning light it flies into the nest, fluffs itself up to…