This attractive American Wigeon was photographed against strikingly blue water just as the sun was lighting up his beautiful metallic green feathers. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb 23, 2013 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Swimming
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Bonaparte’s Gulls photographed at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Pictured below are an adult and a first winter juvenile. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb 23, 2013 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Swimming
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Male and female Lesser Scaup at Woodlake Pond in Carrollton, Texas. Observation Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Feb 16, 2013 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Lake Type of Behavior – Congregating Gender – Mixed Maturity – Mixed Observer – Chris Jackson Main
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Male and female Buffleheads observed in the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb 17, 2013 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Swimming Gender – Mixed Maturity – Adult Observer -
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A Red-eared Slider in a Koi Pond on the campus of Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Observation Details County – Denton City – Denton Date – Dec 31, 2011 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Pond Type of Behavior – Swimming Gender – Uncertain Maturity -
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Male and female American Wigeons photographed on one of the ponds in the Nob Hill Greenbelt Park on the day after Christmas. A winter storm had given the area a rare white Christmas, and snow was still on the ground a day later when these pictures were taken. The temperature this morning was just above
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A Double-crested Cormorant observed diving into a small pond in northwest Plano. Observation Details County – Denton City – Plano Date – Nov 25, 2012 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Swimming Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson
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Red-eared Sliders in a suburban Carrollton Beaver pond. Observation Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Oct 20, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Pond Type of Behavior – Basking, Swimming Gender – Mixed Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson Main Article -
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This Northern Pintail was observed in the Lower Chain of Wetland Cells in the Great Trinity Forest, Dallas, Texas. That’s a lightly colored American Coot to the pintail’s right. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Nov 3, 2012 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat
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A couple of weeks ago I observed a Fox Squirrel jump in the water and swim across Hickory Creek at one of its widest points. You can read about it here: Fox Squirrel – Swimmer. I had never seen a Fox Squirrel swim before that day. And, while I’m not surprised they can, I am
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There are no pictures to go along with this observation, but I wanted to post about it anyways so that it was documented. I put a kayak in Hickory Creek this weekend, and paddled from Old Alton Bridge out to the FM2499 bridge over Lake Lewisville. On the way, I witnessed something that was a
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