Two days ago the Dallas/Fort Worth area made national news when severe storms rolled through the area. We had Tornados. We had hail. We had […]
Red-tailed Hawk – Nesting?
Dateline – May 3, 2007, Dallas, Texas This is a followup to this Downtown Dallas Red-tailed Hawk observation. Several weeks after I first observed these […]
Red-tailed Hawk – Sack Lunch
Dateline – Apr 7, 2007 – Apr 12, 2007, Dallas, Texas This was an interesting observation. I first noticed these two hawks flying between office […]
House Finch – Parasite Foiled
For several days I had noticed a pair of House Finches flying to and from a holly near my front porch. Typically, just standing next […]
Mourning Dove – Nest Watching
This observations documents the nesting activities of a pair of Mourning Doves from late spring through mid-summer. Over the course of the summer this pair […]
Fox Squirrel – Elm Fork Nature Preserve
This series of photographs was taken at the Carrollton Elm Fork Nature Preserve. The nature preserve was build in an area that was once part […]
Monk Parakeet – White Rock Green
This observation contains a number of photographs of White Rock Lake’s resident Monk Parakeet population. A portion of the photographs are of a nesting site […]
Monk Parakeet – Strange Noises at White Rock Lake
A portion of the bike trail at the southwest end of White Rock Lake follows the long straight path once occupied by train tracks. While […]
Mourning Dove – Nest Location
Dateline April 10, 2005 This is an observation of what seems to be a particularly bad choice for a nesting site. The Mourning Dove in […]
Chamberlain Drive Rookery Death Toll
Dateline – July 18, 2011 WARNING: This article contains graphic imagery. As the long, hot, Texas summer continues unabated, so do the problems faced by […]
Killdeer – Gravel Nest
We came across this Killdeer nest in a neighborhood park. The nest was on the ground, in a patch of gravel, and out in the […]
Mediterranean Gecko – Just Hatched
I discovered a Mediterranean Gecko egg while cleaning out the garage. I put the egg in a small acrylic container lined with soft paper, and […]