Category Archives: Animals

Mr. Chipmunk, my neighbor, lives under the porch…

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Mr. Armadillo of McKinney, Texas

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These are truly strange creatures.

Sonora Desert: Where is Chuckwalla?

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Somewhere among all these rocks and boulders is at least one big old chuckwalla lizard.

I saw it when I took the picture.  But hell if I can find it now, in the picture.

Forget “Where is Waldo?” … this is the game “Where is Chuckwalla?”

Mr. Toad of McKinney

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I’d won a little point and shoot digital camera in a photo contest, about the size of a pack of playing cards, and it had a really good macro setting.

I stumbled upon this little guy on my way to the mailbox one evening.

Roadrunner

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This roadrunner used to hang out by my old office in McKinney, Texas.

Hummingbird in Nest

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To try and grasp the scale of this, realize that the nest itself is about as wide as a bottle cap.

What’s Going On Up Here?

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I was going to save this one for next Ground Hog Day, but alas, this is a Prairie Dog.

Storm and Horse

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From “Storms of August” 2011

The Shadow is Watching

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Photography requires light. Jet black cats don’t reflect light.
Ergo: Shadow Creature

Fireflies with Pony

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Those squiggly lines are actual fireflies. They are extremely hard creatures to photograph.

Kitten and its Shadow

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