One day I will get a good picture of a Belted Kingfisher. Until then, these will have to do! Wikipedia has this to say about […]
Northern Cardinal – Bright Red
A bright red male Northern Cardinal photographed near Lewisville Lake. Observation Details County – Denton City – Lewisville Date – Aug 17, 2013 Time of […]
Northen Mockingbird – Juvenile Preening
A newly independent juvenile Northern Mockingbird preening near Harold Bacchus Park in Frisco, Texas. Observation Details County – Collin City – Frisco Date – Aug […]
Coyote – Skull
I discovered this Coyote skull deep in the woods near Lewisville Lake. No other bones were found nearby. Just the skull. It is a small […]
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – A Scolding
I was exploring in the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) early one morning when I believed I heard a deer coming my way through […]
Paper Wasp – They Just Look Angry
Aug 17, 2013 Paper Wasp observed caring for their larvae in the nest. These photographs were taken at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.
Copperhead – Cold Snap
This unusually close encounter with a Broad-banded Copperhead came to me courtesy of an unseasonably cool morning in mid-August. The Temperature had dropped in to […]
Black-crowned Night Heron – Partially Concealed
A Black-crowned Night Heron overlooking a drainage culvert near a residential subdivision in Carrollton, Texas. Observations Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – […]
Cottonmouth – Do Not Disturb
Every once in a while I’ll spot something—a landform or a water feature—on Google Maps that I just can’t resist. That was the case with […]
Obscure Bird Grasshopper – Extra Large
This is a large Obscure Bird Grasshopper photographed near Harold Bacchus Park in Frisco, Texas. Observation Details County – Collin City – Frisco Date – […]
Poaching on Public Lands
Dateline September 23, 2013 Fall is coming. If you’re sensitive to it you may have been able to catch a hint of it in the […]
Cooper’s Hawk – Fenced
This is a sleek adult male Cooper’s Hawk. He perched atop a typical suburban fence with a recently captured Mourning Dove held in his talons. […]