Flight Week--Nature

What animals do you associate with Texas? Our goal was to see an armadillo, so we visited the Armand Bayou Nature Preserve near Johnson Space Center. Along the boardwalk we saw turtles sunning on rocks and logs in the pond, snakes curled up, and many paw prints. We took a trail down to the bayou and saw an egret in the distance, and several large hawks sitting on an old tree in the water. On the way back, Mrs. Golden spotted the armadillo rooting through the leaves. It moved very quickly and was hard to catch with the camera.