Dateline – December 2019 – Carrollton, Texas It’s not uncommon for Beavers to build dams on urban waterways here in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and […]
Winter Wildlife Videos
Winter brings a wide variety of wildlife to this area and it is my favorite time of year to be outside. I filmed a lot […]
What Is and What Was
We like to imagine that nature is static and unchanging. It is somehow comforting to believe that our environment and its wild inhabitants do not […]
Mourning Dove – Neighbors
These Mourning Doves were photographed in a Carrollton subdivision. Mourning Doves are our most common dove, and there was a time when they might be […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – Park Land
I usually observe Eurasian Collared-doves foraging in parking lots or perched high up on utility lines. They seem to thrive in man-made environments, which may […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – In Comparison
We have several varieties of doves here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Two of them are illustrated in this article. On the left is the […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – Power Lines
Another relatively large congregation of collared-doves observed on the power lines running between the high school and the neighborhood immediately to the south. Observation Details […]
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 […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – Sport
These Eurasian Collared-doves were photographed engaged in a mating ritual. The male was first observed alone on a lamp post. He was cooing loudly. Soon […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – On Jupiter
Jupiter Road runs north and south along the border between the towns of Richardson and Garland, Texas. There is a healthy population of Eurasian Collared-dove […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – Treed
Ordinarily, I observe Eurasian collared-dove in a more urban environment. They seem to be attracted to man-made structures. I frequently find them on power lines […]
Eurasian Collared-dove – How Many?
This is an exciting observation, because it is of an unusually large congregation of Eurasian Collared-doves. I estimate that there are close to 100 individuals […]