Rio Grande Wild Turkey were reintroduced into the public lands around Lewisville Lake in February of 2005. Since then the turkeys have held on tenaciously, […]
Copperhead – Cold Snap
This unusually close encounter with a Broad-banded Copperhead came to me courtesy of an unseasonably cool morning in mid-August. The Temperature had dropped in to […]
American Kestrel – Run Off
This was a cool observation. First, I noticed a male American Kestrel coming in for a landing on top of this utility pole. He had […]
Coyote – We Saw You!
Hiking through the Joppa Preserve one afternoon, we spotted a pair of Coyotes dart across the trail far up in front of us. They paused […]
Northern Harrier – Harassed
These photographs come from earlier in the spring. Northern Harriers migrate as summer approaches in order to take a pass on the Texas heat. The […]
American Coot – Walking on Water
When disturbed, American Coots have an interesting way of putting distance between themselves and their antagonist—they walk on water. With furiously flapping wings, coots become […]
Monk Parakeet – Bad Taste
NOTE: This is a followup to an earlier post: Monk Parakeet – Addison Back in October of 2012 I did a special project on Monk […]
Virginia Opossum – Precarious
This Virginia Opossum has made a serious miscalculation. Something inspired her to climb this tree in the middle of the famed UTSWMC heron rookery—a tree […]
Snow Goose – Scattered
One afternoon while I was observing the far southeast Dallas County Bald Eagle nest, I was delighted to see a large flock of Snow Geese […]
River Otter – Field and Stream
We had an interesting River Otter sighting this past weekend. Like most I have experienced, this one was fleeting, with little chance for quality photographs […]
Coyote – Busted
Coyotes make me laugh sometimes. They do not like to be caught flatfooted. In this case, I came across a Coyote in an open field […]
White-tailed Deer – Riverbend
We encountered a number of White-tailed Deer while exploring in the Trinity River Greenbelt Riverbend Preserve. All were found moving along the trails on top […]