Photo: A pair of mystery footprints in shallow water on the margins of a pond on a South Texas ranch. At the bottom is the shadow of the author's I-phone for scale. The first week of March this year I got a message from our nephew Darin Rokyta, an Associate Professor of the Department of ... Read More
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Ringtail, Bassariscus astutus
Photo: A ringtail, Bassariscus astutus, in a tree outside our house. A few years back, Susie, my wife, and I were returning from a winter trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. About half way home at Fort Stockton, Texas, seven hours out, we got a call from our son Mark. At that time Mark lived on the ... Read More