During last summer’s devastating wildfires in Texas, a tragedy occurred. The state’s concrete border wall, a symbol of division and debate, led to the deaths of over a hundred wild animals in the Lower Rio Grande Valley national wildlife refuge. The border wall is already infamous for the severe threat it poses to desperate migrants […]
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Snake Bites Texas Woman Sitting on Toilet in Dark: ‘Very Scary’
In something straight out of a horror movie, a Texas woman had a very unexpected fright when she went to the toilet in the middle of the night. The woman, named Maria Jaimes from Cedar Creek, Texas, sat down on the toilet in the pitch black, only to find a snake lurking in her toilet. […]
South Texas Photography Trip – June 2014
First, this particular area of south Texas is called the Rio Grande Valley, more specifically, the Lower Rio Grande Valley. It is where the Rio Grande River meets the Gulf of Mexico, and is considered one of the most biologically diverse regions in North America, where over 500 species of birds have been documented. During […]
Bluebirds. But not on my shoulder.
Bluebirds! For some reason people around here always claim “there are no bluebirds here.” I wonder then, do they ever look outside? Do they ever go outside? Because hey! There are indeed eastern bluebirds watching you right now. Year round, in fact. Anyway, everyone loves bluebirds. Or at least, everyone should love bluebirds. How can […]
Could I interest you in some buntings?
This summer was full of buntings. A bunting-filled summer. Buntings everywhere. We can offer Painted, Indigo, Lazuli, and Varied. Take your pick. Come one, come all. But this is weird because I’m talk-tying like this is present tense and it’s actually past tense. But you know what I’m getting at. More to the point: this […]
Hey, something’s hanging out of your mouth.
During one of those nicer days, I went back to the coast. Spent my birthday at Anahuac NWR. Weather wasn’t ideal (bad light and crazy wind) for photos, but I still had a good couple days. Birds were hungry! I’m pretty sure I don’t have any photos of birds with fish, and somehow I managed […]
Bladder control, mild hypothermia and kinglets
It’s approximately 23 degrees in the library right now, so since I’ve lost the feeling in my hands and I’m banging around on the keyboard like a camel or something, I can’t write you up another novel this blog around. So here are just a few quick and very important notes: I saw The Waterboys […]
Little guys
Welcome! hello there! I’d write more but my hands are frozen and typing is no fun (excuses, excuses, eh? Mmhmm)! Yeah…Texas, what? 35 degrees this morning? I do not approve. I’m craving my happy-thriving temperature of 84 and above. This 30’s thing this is pretty unacceptable. I’m not made for this nonsense, guys! But hey, […]