Western Rat Snake (7Mar2019)
Three minutes, thirty seconds.
Red-eared Slider, Nest, and Tracks (3May2022)
A Slider starting the next generation. She was there for maybe 45 minutes. She was already at work when I came by the first time, and was still there maybe half hour later. When I came by at the 45 minute mark or so, she was gone. I took some pictures, but kept my distance. …
Nine-banded Armadillo Dig (29Apr2022)
And, awesomely enough, for the first time in my experience that I recall, you can see what I think are the tracks of the Armadillo as it anchored itself to dig! Love it. And here we have some tail drag marks. After the Armadillo was done and gone, a Common Raccoon walked over the area, …
Nature Pictures (4-5May2022)
Eastern Copperhead (3May2022)
Gorgeous!! Eastern Copperhead!! I had the good fortune of seeing this little cutie. Awesome. Note how it has no intention of harming me. It just wants to be left alone. If anything, it would get the hell out of there in pure fear for its life. No AK-47. No machine gun. No nunchucks. No grenade. …
Sweat Bee (25Apr2022)
Cypress Creek After A Rain (20May2021)
Gulf Fritillary on Largeflower Woodsorrel (25Dec2021)
Movement For Cognition
As John Ratey says in his book Spark, movement makes us smarter. Our brains and minds need it for optimal function. Even better — get complex movement in complex environments.