Going through photos, making edits, tagging and saving them in various locations is a major time-suck. So sometimes, I find photos I don’t remember shooting on cards I haven’t had time to go through. They make for fun surprises! I found these Great Blue Heron images in the batch of river clean-up and tree planting photos I shot for The Kerr County Lead. It’s always fun to sort through a card and think, “When did I shoot this?”

The Trump Administration’s plans to extend border wall construction into the Big Bend region would cause irreparable damage, severing wildlife migration corridors, disrupting the Rio Grande ecosystem, and undermining decades of binational conservation work. The worst part? It’s completely unnecessary.

Cover the children’s eyes! It mating season for red-shouldered hawks and they’re active in public places. Initially, I wasn’t sure what I was seeing but all signs point to mating. And get this—they mate for life.

I cracked the code and found a way to locate the nutria among the canes and water pools. This time, no sign of Mom but I found two pups enjoying a soak and swim on their own. Kids. They grow up so fast, don’t they?