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Riding off into the sunset…
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Misty morning sendero
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Two Kings of Texas Ranches… Horse and Ford

“Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Female Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Making more Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”

“Tepanec Long-horned Bees Nectaring on Coma on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Roemer’s Acacia” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Blooms on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Loeflingia Squarrosa” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal Gallery” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal: The Rest of My Story,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal – Under the Microscope”

“Mothing Basics”- written by a Beginner for Beginners by Camille M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“The Southwestern Trapdoor Spider” by Camille M. Rich

“Moth Night at the South Texas Ecotourism Center” – A Nature Story – by Camille M. Rich

Owls on the South Texas Sand Sheet by Camille M. Rich

The American Badger by Camille M. Rich

Trail Camera Stories of the Northern Bobwhite by Camille M. Rich

“Bailey’s Ball Moss” by Camille M. Rich

“Dance of the Male Bronzed Cowbird”

In Celebration of National Pollinator Week 2023!

“Where the Water Trough Overflows,” by C. M. Rich

“How an American bumble bee changed the way I accomplish things,” by Camille M. Rich

The Scarlet Musk Flower

Coachwhip Snake ~ A Texas Native

Tulipán Del Monte ~ Heart Leaf Hibiscus

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The little bat returns to the watering hole!

Playing in the water……

Bats on the Sand Sheet

“Tips for Identifying Manfreda in Natural Habitats.”

The Texas Indigo Snake

Mature Guajillo Shrub

The Plant LIfe Cycle of our Native Guajillo

The Fringed Diving Beetle

The Purple Pleat Leaf

Blooms on the Sandsheet…

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