The wild plants on the farm are attractive to animals, which are attractive to other animals, all of which help plants to spread and grow.
Birds
Wild birds are always around and sometimes easier to hear than to see.
A big group moving across the sky might be migrating cranes, looking for a change of weather.
Raptors circle overhead on any sunny day, looking for lunch.
Songbirds occupy tree branches, singing to claim their spots.
In this 30-second video, wind is blowing, mesquite branches are waving, and unseen birds are singing.
Mammals
Wild mammals leave obvious traces, showing where they have walked or eaten or slept, but they themselves are usually difficult to see.
A game camera has captured these examples.
White-tailed deer are natives.
Axis deer were imported to the area almost 100 years ago; now they roam wild, too.
Insects and spiders
Insects are small. The best way to see them is to move slowly and look carefully: look down at small plants and up at the trees and sky.
This is a Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, resting on a branch of juniper (locally called cedar).
Spiders are also small but are not insects. They are easy to find, where the sky touches the trees.
Reptiles
Lizards are definitely around, camouflaged and holding so still they seem invisible, or visible but moving too quickly to photograph. Snakes must be here, too, somewhere in the tall grass.
More animals are coming soon.