Archive for the Nature Category

Bluebonnet Leaves – Bluebonnet leaves are green with white edges.  The white edges you see are actually small hairs that cover the leaves.  The leaves branch out in groups of five and are shaped like a star around the plant.  No other plant that I know has

Shed Hunting – A shed is an antler that has dropped off of a buck deer or a bull elk.  Lots of people go shed hunting every spring.  Finding a large antler is a big deal.  It shows you that a nice deer made it through hunting

Crappie – This fish has an odd name.  You pronounce it like “croppie”.  Crappie swim in large schools and are in most lakes.  They spawn, or breed, in the spring and if you catch a large school of them in an inlet or shallow area, you can

Western Fence Lizard – I’ve been catching this species of lizard since I was little.  They are fast, but if you follow them around a bit they will tire out and you can catch them.  If the lizard would just stay still you would never see it

Wild Turkey – Wild turkeys live just about everywhere in North America.  I see them everywhere on the prairies, fields, and in the woods.  The main thing they must have are roost trees for night time.  Turkeys forage all day on the ground and at night they

Cholla Cactus – Nicknamed the chain-link cactus, these cacti grow in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Utah.  They grow in deserts, but also on plains and in cow pastures.  When it dies it turns into a hollow wooden cane with big holes in the wood. In a