A Great Egret and wild flowers at Sunset Bay on White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas. 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 – Surveying Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer
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A Great Egret observed fishing on the White Rock Lake Spillway. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Oct 20, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Hunting Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson Main
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Trouble with a heron rookery in Fort Worth, Texas. See the News account below: WFFA.com – Fort Worth Residents Aim to Tell Egret Invasion ‘Bye Bye Birdie’
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These fantastic pictures come to us from David Mimlitch. David experiments with aerial photograph, and this time he set his rig up at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC). There is an active heron rookery on the school’s property, and David was able to give us a look at it from a unique
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News account of a Carrollton’s neighborhood’s attempt to deal with invading herons and egrets. CBS 11 – Texas Residents Ready for Egret Invasion FOX 4 – Noisy Neighbors Work Together to Battle Egrets CBS 11 – Carrollton Residents Fighting Egret Migration NBC 12 – Texas Town Launches Counter-assault Against Egret Invasion
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News account of a Carrollton’s neighborhood’s attempt to deal with invading herons and egrets. nbcdfw.com – City Readying to Battle Egret Nesting I am a little late posting this link. The original NBC article was posted January 30, 2012. I’m posting now, because this is the time of the year when the herons and
Continue Reading >>This video is of a female Gadwall splashing and bathing. There is a second Gadwall off camera doing likewise. The second duck can be heard but not seen. That is a Great Egret hunting in the background. County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Feb 3, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature
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This Great Egret was observed hunting on the dry side of our local Beaver dam. This bird appears to be showing some early signs of breeding plumage development. Observation Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Jan 21, 2012 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cold (less than 50°F/10°C) Weather – Clear
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Dateline – July 2, 2008 I have recently discovered a real DFW Area gem that I would like to share with you. Nestled in a small wooded area on the campus of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC), just a few miles north of downtown Dallas, and smack in the middle of a
Continue Reading >>I observed this Great Blue Heron early one afternoon at Woodlake Pond in Carrollton, Texas. County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – November 6, 2005 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cold (less than 50°F/10°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Pond Type of Behavior – Roaming Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult
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Dateline – July 18, 2011 WARNING: This article contains graphic imagery. As the long, hot, Texas summer continues unabated, so do the problems faced by a quaint north Texas neighborhood. Early this spring scores of egrets and herons established a breeding colony along the tree-lined streets of Chamberlain Drive and Addington Drive in Carrollton. These
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