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5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.One of the most stunning migratory (South America) raptors, the Swallow-tailed Kite is an incredibly acrobatic predator.            ©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE:SPECI

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species."This species is only known from a 15 square mile patch of desert in Big Bend National Park in west Texas."- Carolyn Whiting, PhD Botanist©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_artCOLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE CHISOS MOUNTAIN HEDGEHOG CACTUS:SPECIES INFO:"This species is only

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.Meet Lampsilis bracteata, more lovingly referred to as Texas Fatmucket...      ©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE TEXAS FATMUCKET:SPECIES INFO:"The Texas fatmucket is only found in Hill Country Rive

As a part of my Threatened Texas Series, I call on Dr. Robert Deans to learn more about the Jollyville Plateau Salamander (Eurycea tonkawae).⁠⁠"The Jollyville Plateau Salamander is part of a species radiation in Central Texas driven by historical climate change: a once broad-ranging species of Eurycea that inhabited creeks and streams was only able

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.The Whooping Crane is the tallest & rarest birds in North America...©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE WHOOPING CRANE:SPECIES INFO:"In the early 20th century, we nearly lost the Whooping Crane. Unregulated shooting, habitat

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species."All Golden-cheeked Warblers are native Texans, because all golden-cheeked warblers are born here... but then they spend the majority of their time in the highland pine oak woodlands of southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and a little bit of Nicaragua... "- Darrell Hutchinson© Juliet Whitse

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.There are just over 5,000 known pairs of breeding piping plovers. Texas is the wintering home for 35 percent of the known population of piping plovers... ©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art    COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE PIPING PLOVER:SPECIES INFO:

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species."One of the most elusive birds in an elusive family, the tiny Black Rail is infamously difficult to see..." allaboutbirds.orgARTIST: Juliet Whitsett SOCIAL: @juliet_whitsett_artCOLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE BLACK RAILSPECIES INFO: According to Texas Parks & Wild

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.What has a 3rd eye, sensors on its skin to detects electricity, and can become airborne jumping out of the water?The Paddlefish...©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF PADDLEFISH.SPECIES INFO:The Paddlefish is a living fossil (records

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.The saying goes... "Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, venom lack."©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art    COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE SCARLET SNAKE.SPECIES INFO:The saying goes... "Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches bla