It first starts with an incoming swoosh of cave swallows entering the cave for their nightly rest. Then in timed synchronization, the second and third set of swallows fly in taking up their spots within the cavern entrance. Then a distant faint thunderous, fluttering noise is heard caused by thousands upon thousands of bat wings circling…
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Haunting TrailCam Photos
Halloween is one of my favorite days. I love the general ghostly atmosphere this day brings. In my research at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus I’ve captured some spooky, ghostlike trail cam photos of wildlife. Here are a few of those captures this year that lend themselves to revealing a haunting and eerie side of…
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Earlier this year I began a camera trap survey at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus (CSAC) west of Crowell, Texas. The survey’s purpose is to acquire base-line data on what faunal life is present and utilizing the 700-acre campus. Wildlife surveying is important for a many reasons and for this project I’m concentrating on four…
Read MoreLooking Into the Eyes of a Porcupine
Hiking the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge always reveals something new. On a cool, cloudy, and almost completely overcast day, we happened upon a grove of hackberry trees. After following Barry through the tall grass we came up under the trees. For some reason something made me look up to my right into the tree and…
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Forgotten Winds 