Approximately 15 miles West of Fort Davis; on the slopes of Mount Livermore the author has spent many happy hours observing the Wild Life.

View from above looking East

Glass Mts extreme top/left.

The altitude is 7000 feet and many times you are above the clouds during Temperature Inversions and other weather conditions. To our knowledge; this location is the highest altitude residence in Texas. The temperature is constantly 10 degrees cooler than the conditions that we experience in Odessa, Texas whether day or nite; summer or winter. Electric Utilities are available; but no gas, water, or phone. We salvage water from the roof to a storage tank for household use. It is necessary to haul our own drinking water and butane for heating. Rain fall thru July of 1997 was over 10 inches and at that rate could reach 18 or 20 inches by the end of the year.

These animal photographs were taken thru the living room window at very close range. The Fox, Ring Tail Cat, Chapparal, Crazy Quail, skunk, and Turkeys that have visited us haven't been photographed. We will attempt to acquire their likeness from other photographers efforts. It is very interesting to observe the characteristics of the animals thru out the life cycle of the families. Many of the deer will enter the yard area while we sit in the shade of the house reading a book. They drink, eat, or graze as long as we sit quietly. Why do the animals frequent our territory? We maintain a 300 gallon water tank for drinking purposes from the run off from the water supply 365 days out of the year. The animals use more water than we do.