From the honey-colored fields of the bike trail, I first hear its piping, plaintive call, rather like a kitten’s persistent mewing. Then I see it
Author: M. Kathy Raines
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—Texas’ official state small mammal Mirroring traits of the quintessential Texan, the nine-banded armadillo is “a hardy, pioneering creature,” one possessing “deep respect and
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Painted buntings don’t know about the coronavirus. Oblivious to our fears and “shelter in place” orders, they, along with other exhausted, migrating birds, are
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What a large, peculiar-looking cormorant! I thought, spotting an anhinga on a branch overhanging a resaca at the Gladys Porter Zoo last November. A youth
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Story and photo by M. Kathy Raines, Texas Master Naturalist The sloping forehead of this multi-dimensional fish ends in a tiny, puckered “o” of
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The Loggerhead Shrike AKA “Butcherbird” The masked white songbird perched on a twig, watching and waiting. Then, hawk-like, this loggerhead shrike swooped down upon a