Bison losing its winter coat makes for some nice patchwork patterns and texture on him. Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge has a herd of approximately 600 bison on its 59,000 acre property. The Bison is also known as the American Buffalo even thought it is not a true buffalo. Somehow the name just stuck. Indiahoma, Oklahoma, USA, April 2015
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Cliff wall along the roadside travelling up to the top of Mount Scott. The yellow coloring on the rocks is lichen. Photographed handheld from my car seat, but that was the best vantage point. Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Indiahoma, Oklahoma, USA, April 2015
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Black Wasp on a Yucca in bloom. Talihina, Oklahoma, USA, September 2022
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Lower part of Charons Garden Trail. In the summer time, this perenial creek is dry, but with the heavy rains in April and May, it was at its fullest level. Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Indiahoma, Oklahoma, USA, May 2015
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In the summer time, visitors on the Charons Garden Trail will walk up the dry creek bed, but not in the spring. At this time of year, you're on the trail off to the side. Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA, May 2015
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