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02-22-2008, 06:05 PM
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Texas Critters - What's Your Favorite?
You've seen them. Armadillos. Longhorns. White-tailed deer. Coyotes. Roadrunners. Bats. Bobcats. Badgers. They're all around our great state in different places, wandering all about. I'm sure you have a wide appreciation for these wonderful Texas critters. Although I'm not much of a naturalist myself, I have developed a respect and appreciation for them. Do you have a favorite? Two favorites? Three?
Then now's the time and here's the place. Let's come and gather around our computer campfire and go easy on the sparks.  Your favorite Texas critters -- what might they be? Find out. Let 'er rip, folks, and I'll be back. |
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02-22-2008, 08:05 PM
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Horny toads, which have become almost extinct. We grew up with them, would catch and hold them, stroke their bellies. I think they liked that!  |
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02-22-2008, 08:22 PM
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Horny toads... used to play with them when I was a kid. I also enjoyed roadrunners. Plus... it was kinda fun when I would go fishing and catch a few snapping turtles. Oh... and mockingbirds! Can you tell is miss Texas? (Don't worry... my withdrawls are coming to an end... I'm moving back this summer.)
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02-22-2008, 08:26 PM
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Are there badgers in Texas ... none in East Texas.
I like 'em all!
Deer are special to watch.
I love to watch hawks skim the treetops trying to flush a squirrel.
Speaking of that I've spent countless hours on a deerstand watching squirrels ... very cool.
Gators are OK too in there own prehistoric kind of way! Just knowing what a big one could do commands a respect!
Ever watch a blue heron stalk a shoreline?
I can't decide ... I love nature period!!!!!
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02-22-2008, 08:29 PM
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it's a Texas thang..you wouldn't understand
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Over yonder, Texas
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deer, armadillos, bobcats, coyotes, longhorns, gosh i love em all. the only thing i really hate about texas is snakes. skeered to death of em, and i dont care how small they are, or how "harmless" they are, to me..there is only one good snake-a dead one. and i will shoot all of them. if snakes could be eradicated from this state, this would be total paradise.
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02-22-2008, 08:49 PM
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Just Giving Amongst Others
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Hook 'Em! Well, Sort Of.......
I have a real affinity for the longhorn. They are a constant in this state, although not the only one. You see them in many, many places. I still get a kick out of seeing a collection of them grazing in the grass near Alliance Airport in North Fort Worth. Such is the case in my travels and traverses. If I'm not careful, I may actually pretend to see a longhorn in some parking lot somewhere. It's because I see so many. |
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02-23-2008, 12:05 AM
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Yes there are badgers in Texas. My favorite critter is the quail! Fun to watch, fun to hunt, and good to eat!
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02-23-2008, 12:10 AM
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is a jewel in the rough.
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Gators, they are so interesting to watch...
Rattlesnake are also cool
I have never seen a Horny Toad in Texas, I've seen them in Mexico... with this whole family reunion...in the middle of the mountains...it was cool...
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02-23-2008, 01:41 AM
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the parrots definitely. A swarm of them coming home for the day is magnificent. Lately there have been a lot of green jays in the yard, they're beautiful but don't fill the air with the same noise level
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02-23-2008, 07:09 AM
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I also enjoy seeing the quail walk across the road! And roadrunners, last seen for me in Turkey, TX. 
Are there javalinas in Texas?  |
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