Dateline – Summer 2022 – North Denton County Earlier in the summer I began to explore in—what for me was—a new area of the urban […]
Eggs of the Orb-Weaver
Dateline – October 2021 – Lewisville, Texas For several weeks, starting in mid August, big Black and Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia) become ubiquitous all […]
Red, Green, Black, and Yellow
September 2021 These days I make a real effort to incorporate our daily dog walk into my exercise routine. As a result the pups and […]
The Death of a Hummingbird
If you spend anytime in the North Texas woods during our long hot summers then you have surely run into one of these–a Black and […]
North to Denton – The Greenbelt Corridor Park
October 26, 2014 – Denton, Texas This is part one of a two part series. After many years of looking with great interest at aerial […]
End of Summer Urban Wildlife Recap
Its been a busy summer. I didn’t get out as often as I would have liked—it seems real life kept getting in the way. A […]
Texas Garden Wildlife – A Suburban Safari
The video in today’s post comes to us from Richard Barnes. Richard and I found each other via iNaturalist after he posted some really incredible […]
Checking Trail Cameras
Dateline – November 27, 2013 This past fall I was running a number of trail camera projects concurrently. Trail cameras, for those who don’t know, […]
Late Afternoon
Dateline – October 15, 2013 When I go out looking for wildlife to photograph I generally prefer to start my hikes at the crack of […]
Coyote – Scatology
You can tell a lot about a Coyote’s diet by examining its droppings. Moreover, the contents of the scat can reveal much about how the […]
Differential Grasshopper – Cold Night
How do Differential Grasshoppers deal with the cold nights of late autumn in Texas? Well, they find a spot on a branch or stem, and […]
Differential Grasshopper – Late Season Mating
Differential Grasshoppers mating in late October. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Oct 20, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature […]