Dateline – July 2023 – Denton County Terns are a family of seabirds birds characterized by their similarity in appearance and behavior. What variations there […]
Buckland Peninsula
DATELINE – Spring 2023 The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is blessed with an abundance of reservoirs and lakes–both large and small. Many of the larger lakes […]
Swainson’s Hawk Summer
Dateline – July and August 2023 – Dallas, Texas This is the kind of special discovery that really makes me feel privileged to keep this […]
Alone is Authentic!
New to Me A few weeks ago I stumbled across a TV show that I had never heard of before. The name of the program […]
Squirrels, Rabbits, and Evolution?
I recently did a book review on Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen. This interesting book explores the possibility that the activities of humankind–and […]
Book Review: Darwin Comes to Town
Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen (copyright 2018) is a book that many regular readers of this website will find particularly apropos. We all […]
Predator and Prey… In the Front Yard
Dateline – September 2020 Occasionally, I don’t have to venture any further than my own front yard for an interesting urban wildlife encounter. Such is […]
Rabbit and Raccoon
Summer 2023 What is the Nature of Nature? People like to think of nature as being unequivocally beautiful and benevolent, but is that really the […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Trail Camera Review: Moultrie Mobile Edge
Dateline – Winter 2023 Late last year I was struck with inspiration for a new trail camera survey, and I wanted to strike while the […]
Murrell Park on Grapevine Lake
DATELINE -Autumn 2022 The greater Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is home to a number of wonderful parks. Some of the best are found near our local […]
North Texas, Hollywood, and Bonnie & Clyde
Fifty-five years. It makes me shake my head in disbelief when I think about how long ago it was. But 1967 was a good year. […]