Archive for the Nature Category

Whitetail Fawn – It’s fawning season right now and these fragile babies are up and walking around from the start.  But pretty soon after the first lick bath, momma does tell their fawns to stay in a certain spot all day and hide until she comes back

Bluebonnets – Bluebonnets are very picky.  They like to be planted in direct sun and they need to be planted in the fall so they can germinate when the mother rains come.  Those are just instructions for people – they do it just fine on their own.

Screech Owl – The screech owl sounds like a spooky, mysterious creature, but it’s really just a small gray bird.  Do you see the camouflaged owl in this picture?   It is hard to tell where cottonwood tree stops and owl begins.  This a female whose mate drowned

The Rut – The rut happens once a year in late November, generally.  This is when bucks go crazy to breed does.  It begins mysteriously, perhaps because of a combination of less daylight and cold weather.  Bucks fight each other with their antlers for the chance to

Fall – This little West Texas forest is beautiful this time of year, but it only stays that way for a couple weeks.  The trees are western soapberries and they grow in small groups called ‘mottes’.  They are the first tree to turn bright yellow.  They stand

Buck Rubs – It’s that time of year again – red and yellow leaves, pumpkins, and finding deer sign in the woods. The most obvious sign – buck rubs – are just another part of the fall. A buck rub is when a male deer rubs its