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This doesn’t have anything To do with the hairyman, but I love all the critters out here, except the pigs and rattlesnakes! Here’s a Blacktail Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar, and when agitated, they shoot liquid out of the orange horn deal.....guess it’s toxic or stinks to others, but I like the way it smells

 

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Speaking of rattlesnakes, here are 2 males sparing, be sure you look good before you put the kids down for the annual Bluebonnet pics🤪

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IMO, they often pull a handful of the inner tender Sotol leaves to carry with them as they move around.....a Hairyman snack on the go:) In over 20 years in this area, I have made my own pathways, and away from the main trails. I have found BF trails, incorporate those into my own trails, and they are using mine as well. I constantly find their discarded Sotol leaves all up and down these trails....they must really love these things, and they are tasty.......here are a few pics of the discards I find. The white tender part will start turning brown within 24 hours, so it's easy to tell when they are fresh.......the last pic is about 3 weeks old. They will eventually turn completely brown, and stick around on the ground for a year or so.

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Hope everyone is doing well under the circumstances:) Here's an interesting find from yesterday while bushwhacking a few new trails......yet another Peanut Butter jar lid from 2 or more years ago, and a few miles from where I had left it. I looked around for the lower jar, but no where in the area. It's been there a while, and lots of lil nibbles all over it  What was interesting to me were the flat marks, shown in 1 pic with red arrows. It's like something with flat teeth was trying to get the lid off, you can see where something flat clamped down and then slid a bit, causing a scratch....hopefully you guys can see what I am talking about. The location was a BF trail that I picked up while exploring new areas, way off the beaten path...... there are still more lids & jars to be found, lol. First pic is 'as seen' on the BF trail, and circled in red, there are also 2 small pieces of the lid near-by.

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Here are some interesting things from my hike....no virus out there:)

   A Leopard Moth caterpillar

   An old Schlitz can

   Deer Kill

   Ribbon Snake

   Old hairyman Shack

 

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More hiking and pics to share:)

   Bigfoot's pool - nice deep pool all hidden away

   A Coral Snake 

   Nice BF print with toes

   And the last 3 - more Sotol leaves as found discarded on the trails

 

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Really cool find yesterday walking down one of the creeks.....apparently the Hairydad was doing the same thing with a very young friend. Found several of their tracks along the way, and here are some of the better ones, also shown are a few pics of the creek I was walking down. The first pic shows both prints, with the baby circled in red and an arrow pointing to Dad, one pic of just the dad, and 2 more of just Junior's.

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, JKH said:

Wow, you must have had some good rain. That's a babyfoot, so I reckon a hairy mama. :blob:

 

Really cool to find the tiny prints....the babies must get carried around a lot, but put down by creeks to drink & play, that's where I always seem to find them. Here's a very weird set of pics......this round white thing was about the size of a large grapefruit. Thought I had seen all types of insect cocoon phases, but what on earth is this, never seen anything like it......almost looked like a 'Pod' from the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie, very weird, anyone seen one of there before and know what it is? 

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2 hours ago, Bigtex said:

know what it is? 

 

Asian murder hornets!

 

 

 

Just kidding, no idea.

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2 hours ago, Bigtex said:

Really cool to find the tiny prints....the babies must get carried around a lot, but put down by creeks to drink & play, that's where I always seem to find them.

 

Several years ago, I read a piece in a local paper about stream ecology and there was a quote, something about "we know there are kids playing in (numerous streams) because we see their footprints all the time". Hiding in plain sight, you might say.

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Well, if you consider Slimer an alien...

 

It looks like what is commonly called false puff ball, but the scientific name is Enteridium lycoperdon.  It's a slime mold.

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Here are some prints and Sotol snack discards from the past few days, we've had some decent rain so easier to find sign.

 

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