Dateline – September 2020 Occasionally, I don’t have to venture any further than my own front yard for an interesting urban wildlife encounter. Such is […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Coyotes and Armadillos
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 […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
Box Turtle Territory
Dateline – July 27, 2021 – Farmers Branch, Texas I like to tell the story of Texas box turtles when ever I get a chance. […]
Dog Walk Wildlife – Spring 2021 Edition
I walk my two dogs most every day. We usually get an early start—just a little before or little after dawn—and kill about an hour […]
Valley of the Rainbow Birds
Dateline – June and July 2021 You’ll notice it right away when you visit this location in Cedar Hill, Texas. The dominant sound—noticeable over all […]
The River Otter Latrine
Dateline – Late Spring 2020 – Carrollton, Texas There’s something very satisfying about encountering a wildlife phenomenon in person for the first time. This River […]
Up from the River
Dateline – Summer 2019 – Dallas County I stumbled across this hard-packed and well-traveled small game trail on the banks of the Trinity River deep […]
This Place in the Woods – Deep Winter and Early Spring
Have you ever wondered what goes on in that little patch of bottomland woods you pass by everyday on your drive to work? You know […]
Going Dry
I had my eye on this little pond since early in the summer. I first noticed this intriguing spot while perusing Google Maps looking for […]
Vultures Find a Cottontail
Eastern Cottontails are very common all across North Texas. Many–if not most–neighborhoods in the DFW metroplex have a healthy population of these little rabbits. They […]