This observation required a trip to far southeast Dallas County. I picked up on a sighting of a Swallow-tailed Kite from a posting on the […]
Canada Goose – Prestonwood Baptist Church
These are Canada Geese congregating in the parking lot of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. Many of these birds appear to be suffering from […]
Carolina Chickadee – Blue Sky
This is a Carolina Chickadee photographed in the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA). Observation Details County – Denton City – Lewisville Date – Jul […]
Kissing Bug – Getting Fresh
This is an adult female Kissing Bug (likely a Triatoma gertaeckeri). This photograph was taken in Hutchins, Texas and comes to us courtesy of Penny […]
Wood Stork – More Nostalgia
These are pictures from my archives. They were taken at Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve last summer when it still held water. Lemmon Lake […]
Anhinga – Light Rain
These young Anhingas were doing their best to weather the light rain on a mid-July morning at the UTSWMC Rookery. Wikipedia has this to say […]
Striped Skunk – Nighttime Encounter
Intrepid nighttime bike rider David Mimlitch illuminated this startling situation with his bike’s headlight. While traveling down Carrollton’s blue trail, David’s powerful 1300 lumen spotlight […]
Prairie Boopie – Ridiculous Name
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 […]