Many of you have been following, with great interest, the unusual occurrence of a pair of young Whooping Cranes arriving at Lake Ray Hubbard in Rowlett, Texas this spring. Eleven days ago those two cranes decided to move on. The latest reports have them in Wise County several miles to the northwest of DFW. I
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Cattle Egrets foraging among the cows at John Bunker Sands in Seagoville, Texas. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Seagoville Date – Apr 21, 2013 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Partly Cloudy Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Foraging Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer -
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Week Four Amazingly we are now at week five for the wayward sub-adult Whooping Cranes at Lake Ray Hubbard in Rowlett, Texas. The young, first year male and female—both originally from Louisiana—are now spending the bulk of their time near the northeast
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Another new bird for me. This is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I spotted this red-headed fellow in the woods near Dixon Branch at White Rock Lake. While I watched, the woodpecker interacted briefly with a White-breasted Nuthatch before moving on in his quest for arboreal insects! Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date -
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This is a new one for me. A White-breasted Nuthatch. I just caught a glimpse of this one as he flittered about back in the shadows of the woods. From the looks of the last picture in this series the little nuthatch seems to have extracted an insect of some kind from the tree bark.
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Week Three The Whooping Cranes were exploring when I arrived today. They had wandered several hundred yards/meters away from their usual location, and were now near the northeast end of this part of the lake. This change in position allowed me my
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Week Two Sunday May 19, 2013 marked the end of three full weeks for the Whooping Cranes at Lake Ray Hubbard in Rowlett, Texas. The cranes were engaged in their usual activity of foraging in the short vegetation on the east shore
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NOTE: This post is a continuation of an earlier article: Whooping Crane – Still There This visit to Lake Ray Hubbard marks the two week anniversary of the Whooping Crane’s arrival. It is still not clear what brought the cranes to this location, or what they are doing here. As has been mentioned earlier, these
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A Northern Mockingbird trying to feed on a seedpod of some kind near the UTSWMC Heron Rookery in Dallas, Texas. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Apr 13, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Foraging Gender -
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The White-faced Ibis is one of my Wish List birds. I’m glad to finally get some photographs of them. We came across this group of White-faced Ibises practically one bird at a time. We spotted the first adult bird in a cow pasture foraging next to what could only be described as a large puddle.
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A Wilson’s Snipe foraging in the shallow water at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Mar 2, 2013 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cold (less than 50°F/10°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Foraging Gender – Uncertain Maturity
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