I found this Predaceous Diving Beetle in the parking lot of the Eco Park facility in south Dallas, Texas. This Large individual(1.5in/38cm in length) was […]
Gulf Coast Toad – Burrow Digger?
We found several holes like this on the ground under the tree canopy along White Rock Creek this past weekend. We weren’t sure what kind […]
Osprey – A First!
We observed this bird soaring high over south White Rock Creek on a beautiful Saturday morning. We could see that this was a bird of […]
Great Blue Heron – Dead Lake, Dead Bird
Lemmon Lake could not stand against the long hot Texas summer this year. The brutal heat completely evaporated this small lake in the Joppa Preserve […]
Barn Spider – Ensnared!
Barn Spiders are described as orb weavers because of the intricate spiral wheel-shaped web they construct. This one (possibly a Neoscona crucifera) was observed in […]
American White Pelican – White Rock Lake
Did you know there were pelicans in the Dallas/Fort Worth area? Well, there are. I have always thought of them more as sea birds, but […]
Mourning Dove – White Rock Lake
These Mourning Doves were part of a much larger congregation of doves (both Mourning and White-winged Doves) photographed at White Rock Lake. Observation Details County […]
Feral Hog – Population Explosion
These pictures of Feral Hogs were taken in the Great Trinity Forest—all well within Dallas City Limits. The pig population is exploding in the Joppa […]
Coyote – An Editorial Comment
Coyotes photographed in the Great Trinity Forest. Wikipedia describes Coyote behavior in this way: Though coyotes have been observed to travel in large groups, they […]
White-tailed Deer – City Deer
These White-tailed Deer were photographed by remote Scouting Cameras in the Great Trinity Forest. All of these photographs were taken well within Dallas City Limits.
Eurasian Collared-dove – Wal*Mart
I find more and more of these invasive Eurasian Collared-doves every year. These birds were observed in a Wal*Mart parking lot in North Dallas. Observations […]
Queen – Similar
These pictures of a Queen butterfly were provided to us by David Mimlitch. David photographed this butterfly at Trammell Crow Park in Dallas, Texas. Queen […]