Wilder Good

Tarantula – It’s easy to be scared of tarantulas.  They’re big and nasty and they have a killer name.  People like to say they are harmless, but rain on that.  They give me the heebie-jeebies.  I let one crawl on my hands in science class one time

Tomato Hornworm – Hornworm is a great name.  If you’re going to be a worm, might as well be an awesome one.  They are huge, perfectly camouflaged, and if you touch one they start slapping their big bodies around to try and bite you.  These guys are

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