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Random Thursday

Photo: Cabrillo landscape, San Diego, CA
Cabrillo landscape, San Diego, CA

A&M excels; drought spells; wildlife swells; ugly cars don’t sell. (Yes, I’m unjustifiably proud of that.)

Published Thursday, 7 September 2023, 11:06
Categorized as Cars, Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Weather, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Trapping Tagged armadillos, drought, Lamborghini, porcupines, Texas A&M

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 19)

Photo: Raccoon with its head stuck in an armadillo trap
"Life Comes At You Fast" - Nationwide Insurance circa 2004

Frogs are once again dominating the local nature scene, but also a goofy raccoon, for you mammal lovers.

Published Monday, 4 September 2023, 16:04
Categorized as Just Plain Silly, Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Trapping Tagged genetics, raccoon, tree frog

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 18)

Photo: Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Sunrise over Horseshoe Bay as viewed through the windshield of my truck

Nature is all around us. Sometimes, nature is even in our house. And sometimes, we are not amused.

Published Sunday, 3 September 2023, 6:00
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged centipede, hognose snake, raccoon

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 17)

Photo: Two squirrels splooting on our back porch to deal with the heat

The extreme heat isn’t keep the natural denizens from making appearances around our house.

Published Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:39
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged brown anole, green anole, gulf coast toad, painted bunting, rock squirrel, Texas Spiny Lizard, tree frog, vine sphinx moth, walkingstick insect

Armadillo Milestone

Series of Polaroid-style photos of an armadillo at night

There was a long truce between #99 and #100 — but the Great Armadillo War has resumed.

Published Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 13:46
Categorized as Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Trapping Tagged armadillo, trapping, wildlife

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 16 – Mammals, Birds, & Reptiles)

Photo: Dragonfly on hibiscus leaf, photographed from below

Part one of Part 16 (confusing, right?) was all about insects. In Part 2, we move higher up the food chain.

Published Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 15:04
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged anole, diamondback watersnake, geese, rabbit, skunk, Texas Spiny Lizard, turtle, whitetail deer, whitetail fawn

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 15)

Photo: funny tree stump

Nature provided a plethora of fascinating scenes over the past few weeks.

Published Friday, 2 June 2023, 17:54
Categorized as Nature, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes

Neighborhood Coyote: A no-win situation

Stylized drawing of a coyote

It’s usually no contest when humans and wild animals clash, but there are no real winners.

Published Sunday, 12 March 2023, 16:52
Categorized as Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged coyote, Horseshoe Bay, Texas Hill Country

Sunday Vignettes

AI-generated image: Angelic skunks

Last Sunday afternoon was memorable thanks to a couple of unrelated incidents.

Published Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 12:15
Categorized as Kitchen Sink..., Wildlife - Mammals

Random Thursday: The Plain Language Edition (lolol)

Photo: Clifford the Corgi barking at a drone

This is International Plain Language Day and we honestly couldn’t care less.

Published Thursday, 13 October 2022, 5:50
Categorized as Random Thursday, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Mammals

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