A mother Wood Duck and her three duckling swimming in Lemmon Lake in Dallas, Texas. The group was observed swimming past a Great Egret, and […]
River Otter – A First!
This is a first for me. I have never seen a wild River Otter in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex before. I was only able to […]
Yellow-crowned Night Heron – Juvenile
This juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron was observed at Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve area of the Great Trinity Forest. This is a young, newly […]
Texas Rat Snake – Dead
It’s not clear what killed this Texas Rat Snake. No trauma was obvious. He was found on the sidewalk just out side the Eco Park […]
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer – Dead
I found this Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer dead on the drive way leading into the Trinity River Audubon Center. The snake had likely been hit by […]
Black Carpenter Ant – Yellow Goo
These Black Carpenter Ants are big. The biggest are around 0.5in/1cm in length. They were observed in the Great Trinity Forest and were busy feeding […]
Alligator Gar – Death Trap
I found these Alligator Gar skeletons in a washed out gully in the McCommas region of the Great Trinity Forest. There were at least four […]
Silver-bellied Cicada – The Sound of Summer
Observed in the Joppa Preserve, Great Trinity Forest in Dallas, Texas. This cicada was making a tremendous amount of noise, making locating him an easy […]
White Ibis – Reflected Beauty
This pair of White Ibises was photographed at Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve, Dallas, Texas. I was concealed and stationary when these two birds […]
Copperhead – Everywhere
Copperheads are, by a large margin, the snake I have most frequently encountered in the Great Trinity Forest. In fact, this well camouflaged fellow is […]
Snowy Egret – Yellow Feet
A Snowy Egret observed foraging in the shallow waters of Lemmon Lake located in the Joppa Preserve area of the Great Trinity Forest. Observations Details […]
Common Snapping Turtle – Date Night
I observed this pair of mating Common Snapping Turtle in the shallow water of Lemmon Lake in the Great Trinity Forest. The pair was observed […]