Photo Essay
by Leah Cohen
S
nakes sunning themselves on the
pavement, feral hogs wandering
the arroyos; West Texas is alive
with iconic creatures, especially in a
year of heavy rains. Here, Leah Cohen
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captures a few of the Trans-Pecos’s
inhabitants as they go on about their
business. Peregrine falcons seem to
know how photogenic they are, though
their less-attractive cousins, the
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vultures, love to strike a pose as well. A
pair of startled pronghorns flees dan-
ger, and a bull stands like a monolith in
his pasture. Wildlife is all around us,
living complex lives just out of sight of
our human understanding. These
glimpses into this other world serve to
remind us that our little society is
greatly outnumbered by our quiet
neighbors.