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Wildlife
of the
Texas Panhandle

Geographica  >  Wildlife

Male Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

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:Orenate

Photo by Toni Derrick


Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Crotalus atrox

Photo by Randall Derrick


Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Photo by Randall Derrick


Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Photo by Randall Derrick


Pronghorn Antelope

Antilocapra americana

Photo by Randall Derrick


Golden Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Photo by Randall Derrick


White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Photo by Randall Derrick


Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by Randall Derrick


Juvenile Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Possible also a Ferruginous
or a Red-Tailed hawk, 16-27" tall.

Photo by Randall Derrick


Great Blue Herons

Andrea herodias

Photo by Randall Derrick


Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Photo by Randall Derrick


Pronghorn antelope

Antilocapra americana

grazing with cattle
on the plain outside the
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area 
near Plum Creek.

Photo by Randall Derrick


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