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21 May 2023
Rayzor Ranch
Denton, Denton County, Texas

The most unexpected find to have made in an area of the city that has had arguably the most intensive development in the past so many years. But there, in a small patch of already disturbed prairie (it was bulldozed at least once some years ago), but remaining as yet undeveloped, perhaps a two-acre plot with new growth grasses and wildflowers in evidence, was this Black-tailed Jackrabbit munching away on the green grass and trying as best it could to remain invisible in plain sight. Not 30-50 feet away on West University Avenue (State Highway 380), a gazillion people in their cars sped on their way to and from the business of the day. I couldn't help but think of the implications of habitat loss as I photographed this fleeting encounter.