Dateline – August 13, 2012 Have you ever made a to-do list and included tasks that you had already completed, just so you could mark […]
Eastern Yellow Jacket – Underground
Dateline – July 1, 2012 Eastern Yellow Jackets build large, paper nests underground. This colony was found under the canopy of trees ringing Lemmon Lake […]
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog – Plentiful
While walking the edges of Lemmon Lake in the late spring, dozens of these cricket frogs would leap ahead of me with each step I […]
Red-eared Slider – Lounging
A collection of Red-eared Sliders observed at our neighborhood Beaver pond. Wikipedia has this to say about Red-eared Sliders: Some dimorphism exists between males and […]
Feral Hog – Night Feeders
Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve is a special place. This unique environment attracts and abundance and variety of wildlife rarely seen anywhere, much less […]
Raccoon – Rascal at Dusk
The sun was getting low in the sky and the shadow were getting long when I came across this young Raccoon high in a tree. […]
Western Ribbon Snake – On a Sandy Beach
This Western Ribbon Snake was found and photographed under the FM 2499 bridge over Lake Lewisville. This juvenile snake was approximately 12in/35cm long. He was […]
Belted Kingfisher – Only a Glimpse
These pictures come to us from David Mimlitch. This kingfisher was photographed at Trammell Crow Park on a 100F/38C degree day in late July. After […]
Turkey Vulture – At White Rock Lake
These Turkey Vultures were part of a larger group observed congregating in the woods near White Rock Lake. These two allowed us to approach close […]
Red-eared Slider – Walking Under Water
This Red-eared Slider was observed making its way along the bottom of Spring Creek in Richardson, Texas. While I was watching the turtle only stopped […]
Three-toed Box Turtle – Redhead
David Mimlitch has provided us with these excellent photographs of a Three-toed Box Turtle. This turtle was observed in the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve in […]