by Rich Leighton | Mar 16, 2022 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Texas, Turtles and Tortoises
Very recently I was looking for the somewhat rare and mostly unheard of American alligators found in South Texas just north of the Mexican border in Hidalgo County when I suddenly surprised this spiny softshell turtle that I didn’t even see until I was about 4...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 11, 2022 | Birds, Corvids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Texas
Last week I was finally able to get a green jay on camera. This has always been one of those vividly colorful tropical species I’ve always wanted to see in person, and now I’ve finally got to see a lifer up close and personal. This species can be a little...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 22, 2021 | Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Texas
Back in the swing of things posting new images! One of the coolest finds during our first couple of outings into the Rio Grande Valley was finding this Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri). Very similar to the gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) that I often found...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 19, 2021 | Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Snakes, Texas
I’m back from a bit of a hiatus! We moved from the Seattle, Washington area to the Southern tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley last month, and it’s been a mad scramble to get up and running again! In order to get back in the groove of posting new...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 26, 2018 | Interesting Nature Facts, Landscape, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Texas
The Guadalupe Mountains just East of El Paso, Texas are part of one of the finest examples of an ancient marine fossil reef on Earth. Geologists come here from around the world to marvel at this extraordinary natural phenomenon, which formed approximately 250 million...
by Rich Leighton | May 4, 2018 | American Southwest, Interesting Nature Facts, Landscape, Natural History, Texas
Big Bend National Park is located at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert. The Chihuahuan desert is the wettest of the four North American deserts, though it rarely receives more than 10 inches of rainfall. The rainy season in the desert is usually from mid-July...
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