Category Archives: Wildlife

agraulis vanillae Sunday, October 19, 2008 — 2:03 pm Gillespie County Safety Rest Area — Ranch Road 1 — Stonewall, Texas After touring LBJ’s ranch, I cut through a roadside rest area back to the main road. As I paused … Continue reading →

chlosyne janais Sunday, October 19, 2008 — 12:05 pm Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas The butterflies have mostly disappeared in northern Illinois by this time of the fall, but not in Texas. Without question, I saw more butterflies … Continue reading →

corvus (crow) cryptoleucus (from kryptos, hidden, and leukos, white) Sunday, October 19, 2008 — 8:30 am Johnson City, Texas — Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Since we had a free trip to San Antonio, we decided to take a … Continue reading →

They look like pancakes with feet. They’re skittish and never allow me to get close enough for good photos. There were several on logs along the Fox River at Moraine Hills State Park on a sunny afternoon in September. In … Continue reading →

I was strolling along the boardwalk through the marsh by Lake Defiance, thinking about the interesting animals I’ve seen there over the years. I walked around a corner and found this blocking my path. I took a picture, took a … Continue reading →