A Ringtail has become an almost nightly visitor to the bird bath in this wooded corridor in our residential neighborhood. There are rugged limestone bluffs just a few feet from this bird bath.
These two Ringtails showed up at my bird bath and were captured on the wildlife camera about 2-1/2 hrs apart. When I compare the barring on the tails, I am convinced that these are two different individuals, the first time I've felt confident that we had at least two (a pair?).
These two Ringtails showed up at my bird bath and were captured on the wildlife camera about 2-1/2 hrs apart. When I compare the barring on the tails, I am convinced that these are two different individuals, the first time I've felt confident that we had at least two (a pair?).
This is one of the most surprising and interesting wildlife sightings of my career at Balcones Canyonlands NWR. BioTech Elizabeth Lesley and I were hiking through some steep hills during a Golden-cheeked Warbler survey when I heard a sound I'd never heard before. To make a long story short*, we came across two Ringtails mating in a tree overhead. You can read the whole R-rated tale of this encounter on my blog entry for Friends of Balcones Canyonlands NWR here: * http://friendsofbalcones.org/chucks/334183
This is one of the most surprising and interesting wildlife sightings of my career at Balcones Canyonlands NWR. BioTech Elizabeth Lesley and I were hiking through some steep hills during a Golden-cheeked Warbler survey when I heard a sound I'd never heard before. To make a long story short*, we came across two Ringtails mating in a tree overhead. You can read the whole R-rated tale of this encounter on my blog entry for Friends of Balcones Canyonlands NWR here: * http://friendsofbalcones.org/chucks/334183
Single animal with long black and white ringed tail, tan body seen bounding among rocks and hiding in the shade under a large boulder to the south of the Grapevine Hills Trail.
Single animal with long black and white ringed tail, tan body seen bounding among rocks and hiding in the shade under a large boulder to the south of the Grapevine Hills Trail.