mradleycarter's Identifications

31 March 2024
Human (Homo sapiens)

Texas Woman’s University (TWU)
East University Drive
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Company (i.e., Corporation) runs past the TWU campus and the entire downtown area of the city loudly making its multiple daily rounds to and from anywhere and everywhere notwithstanding the time of day or night.

Human (Homo sapiens)

27 May 2018

Mission Espada Aqueduct & Acequia
9045 Espada Road
San Antonio Missions
National Historical Park
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

This observation takes a bow at the fact that this place exists and it is historically derived since the first settlement of European and Mexican mestizo and indigenous peoples in the early 18th century. The aqueduct is administered by the National Park Service and with the entire network of missions and related trails, sites, and so forth, is the only existing World Heritage Site in the State of Texas. The set of thirteen images provided here are mostly related to existing signage at the site in addition to some pics of the actual reconstructed aqueduct and acequia which are still in use today. Enjoy!

This is the first iNat observation made for Bexar County, Texas, of "Human": https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=2685&taxon_id=43584

2018 marks the 300th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio, Texas!

Human (Homo sapiens)

6 July 2014: On a beautiful summer day walking around the perimeter of the park by way of its main trail we stopped at the fishing pier and there was a group of three young Humans (Homo sapiens) who happened to be brothers and their father, spending a Sunday afternoon fishing at the popular site. We asked permission of the father if we could photograph his children and he agreed. Albeit here we do not show their faces only the hands and partial face of one whose expression of awe at the small Blue Catfish that he's caught is still noticeable through the edited view. One could hear that sense of excitement at the wonder of it all that only young children who are totally immersed in the experience can express and do it quite sincerely without feigning one way or the other, they are who they are and this is their life, now, today. It was a beautiful moment and fortunately we were able to capture it as well by photographing it digitally. Of course we heard the story of how the fish came to be where it was, what fishing person wouldn't be able to tell you the story of the biggest fish they ever caught. The American writer Ernest Hemingway even wrote a novel about it. The lakes at the various and more public parks in the City of Denton are stocked once or twice annually with specific kinds of fish. The stocked and restocked fish at the man-made or Human-made lakes not only keep those who wish to fish coming back throughout the year but also keeps the aquatic birds and other wildlife like water snakes that also feed in part on fish coming back to the place in order to feed. So this is in a way an ode to the humble fish whose own lives are lived furiously fast under these circumstances and surely few get to live long and extended lives as they might otherwise were the conditions of their body of water different. Suffice to say that their presence is an important pivot point in the lives of many different species at these sites including North Lakes Park throughout the year during all four seasons such as they are. Two young boys and a fish is an apt title for our image. North Lakes Park is administered by the City of Denton, Texas. The park opens at 6 am everyday and closes at 10 pm, at least these are the posted hours. There are more than seven billion Humans in the world today and counting. Humans are authentic residents of the Western Hemisphere and globally.