This oddly named grasshopper—the Prairie Boopie—was found on a Lake Lewisville floodplain. With him were likely millions of other grasshoppers of multiple different species. Summer […]
Common Snapping Turtle – Snorkeling
I observed this ghostly apparition swimming my direction in the cloudy waters of Doe Branch Creek. As luck would have it, the wandering Common Snapping […]
Honey Bee – False Purple Thistle
These are Honey Bees collecting pollen from False Purple Thistles along the banks of Doe Branch Creek. Observation Details County – Denton City – Little […]
Canada Goose – Cisco Congregation
This large group of Canada Geese was found congregating in the parking lot of the Cisco Systems campus in Richardson, Texas. It is not entirely […]
Common Carp – Coming Along
This Common Carp first caught my attention while he was far downstream in Doe Branch Creek. He had worked his way into the shallow water […]
Coyote – Pups!
On the morning of this observation I had traveled to Lake Lewisville in order to photograph the Louisiana Whooping Cranes that were there. When I […]
Colorado Potato Beetle – Scourge
This is a Colorado Potato Beetle feeding on a flowering Buffalo Bur in Little Elm near Lake Lewisville. The Colorado Potato Beetle’s two claims to […]
Anhinga – Anthology
These photographs were taken at the UTSWMC heron rookery in Dallas, Texas. Included in this collection are pictures of both adult and juvenile Anhingas. In […]
Tarantula Hawk – Big Sting
Dateline: June 23, 2013 – Hutchins, Texas NOTE – As indicated in the comment section below, this is not a Tarantula Hawk. It is a […]
Red Shiner – West Rowlett Creek
These minnows were photographed in the clear waters of West Rowlett Creek in Frisco, Texas. There are a few identifiable male Red Shiners in the […]
Black-crowned Night Heron – Rainy Day
Black-crowned Night Herons do well for themselves at the UTSWMC rookery. They have just the right amount of independence and assertiveness to breed successfully amidst […]
White Ibis – Remembering the Lake
These are some pictures from my archives. This is what Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve looked like last summer. It does not look like […]