Black-necked Stilts are unusual looking birds. This one was photographed in Seagoville, Texas. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Seagoville Date – Apr 13, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Feeding Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris
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Cattle Egrets congregating around a small herd of cattle in Seagoville, Texas. The egrets are feeding on insects stirred up by the stomping of the cow’s hooves. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Seagoville Date – Apr 13, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park
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A male House Sparrow feeding on small seed on the pier at Sunset Bay, White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Apr 13, 2013 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Feeding Gender -
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A Fox Squirrel having a bagel for breakfast down at White Rock Lake. Now I have seen everything. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Apr 28, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Cloudy Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Feeding Gender – Uncertain Maturity
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We found these three Mallard ducklings at Sunset Bay on White Rock Lake. The three appear to be abandoned or orphaned, as there was no adult bird attending to them as we watched. These little guys were quite capable of getting around and feeding themselves, but survival will be challenging for them without the protection
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Lake Ray Hubbard Follow Up Our Whooping Crane friends were still present at Lake Ray Hubbard at 2pm on Sunday afternoon (May 5, 2013). This notes their first full week at this location. A few things had changed since my last visit,
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Lake Ray Hubbard This is a brief follow up on the Lake Ray Hubbard Whooping Cranes. I was hoping to improve on the photographs included with my first report, but these are only marginally better. Unfortunately, the distance involved here is just
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I wish I could take credit for this find, but I can’t. These two Whooping Cranes were spotted by Chris Runk and reported on the Audubon Dallas messageboards early yesterday morning. I had to wait until after work to have a look and did not have a camera with me that was up to the
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Red-shouldered Bugs feeding on insects (sometimes other Red-shouldered Bugs) along the driveway entrance to the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Mar 29, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Cloudy Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Feeding
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This photograph comes to us from Penny Halstead. Penny stopped to take a picture of this Nodding Plumeless Thistle when a White-lined Sphinx Moth photobombed her! Observation Details County – Dallas City – Hutchins Date – Apr 8, 2013 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Cloudy Habitat – Undeveloped-Vacant Lot
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A trio of male Northern Pintails dabbling in a pond at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Dabbling ducks upend themselves in order to feed on submerged vegetation. It can be quite comically to watch their legs flailing and their rear-ends bobbing up and down as they struggle to maintain this awkward position.
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