Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas horse crippler cactus (Echinocactus texensis) in flower, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) in field of Huisache Daisies (Amblyolepis setigera) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Close up of Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) flowering, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) flowering in wildflower field, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) flowering in wildflower field, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) female feeding on flowering Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Flower head of Rattlesnake flower (Brazoria truncata) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Close up of Rattlesnake flower (Brazoria truncata)Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Detail of Pointed Phlox (Phlox cuspidata) flower, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) and an Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) feeding on Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia) Port Aransas, Mustang Island, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Portrait of Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) with head retracted into shell. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) feeding at edge of wetland lake. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA