Black Swallowtails were the butterfly of the day on this beautiful late March afternoon. Dozens of then fluttered by me as I made my way […]
Raccoon – Should be Working for National Geographic
I enjoy camera trapping. I like setting a trail camera in a new spot and just letting it run for a couple of weeks. It […]
American Alligator – At Home in Lewisville
This exciting observation comes to us from Denver Kramer. Denver spotted this 4 to 6 foot long alligator in a small wetland area near Lewisville […]
Striped Skunk – Business End
We observed this Striped Skunk foraging near the base of the Lewisville Lake dam. He had his head down in the tall grass and was […]
Raccoon – Relentless Rascals
I have been experimenting lately, attempting to develop some new camera trapping techniques that I can use to record images of some of our more […]
Black Vulture – Party Crashers
This will be a tale of two vultures—the Black Vulture and the very similar Turkey Vulture. These two species of birds share many traits in […]
Turkey Vulture – Armadillo Association
This post will serve to document an unusual wildlife interaction that I witnessed recently. I have never seen this kind of behavior before. Turkey Vultures […]
Prairie Creek Past and Present
Dateline – December 28, 2014 This journal entry will be a kind of personal voyage back in time for me. I’ll be going back to […]
White-tailed Deer – Osage Orange Eaters?
One thing that was established beyond a shadow of a doubt with this trail camera survey is that White-tailed Deer have a certain affinity for […]
Wild Turkey – Osage Oranges
An astute reader might have noticed a little something extra in the background of the picture of a Bois d’Arc that I posted yesterday. Do […]
American Coot – At Dawn
I observed these American Coots on a brisk December morning. There were many hundreds of these birds at this small lake in Lewisville, Texas when […]
Turkey Vulture – The Roost Run
I photographed these Turkey Vultures late one afternoon as they came into roost. The vultures were landing on top of Lewisville Lake dam, which seems […]