I was getting ready to wind down a late afternoon hike when I first noticed this fine looking White-tailed Deer. The big buck emerged from […]
Great Horned Owl – Carcass
I don’t usually think of the Great Horned Owl as being vulnerable to predation, though they certainly are, as is evidenced by the photographs below. […]
White-tailed Deer – Big Day
The are pockets of White-tailed Deer in various places around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In some of these places the population density of deer is […]
Cottonmouth – Close Call
I mentioned the story of how I encountered this angry Cottonmouth in an earlier post this week. The short version is that as I attempted […]
Wild Turkey – Left Behind
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, […]
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 […]
History Lesson
Dateline – December 16, 2013 Earlier this year I took a little kayak trip down the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Starting at the […]
Osprey – Tiny
I was on the way back to my car after a long morning hike when I noticed an unusual looking bird flying high in the […]
Cottonmouth – At Dawn
I observed this swimming Cottonmouth early one predawn just as the sky was starting to lighten. The visibility at this time of morning was not […]
Raccoon – Encounter
I had this brief encounter with a young Raccoon while on an early morning hike in October. I had just arrived creekside when we first […]
Virginia Opossum – Enigma
This Opossum had me fooled at first! I was hoping to see Mink when I scouted out this area, and when I first spotted this […]
Great Blue Heron – The End of the Day
This first year Great Blue Heron stopped by for a visit while I was sitting in a one-man chair blind late one evening. The heron […]