DATELINE – April 2025 As counter intuitive as it may seem, it turns out that Dallas/Fort Worth area business parks–and other, similar urban developments–can be […]
Wise County Creek Bed
A Year on the Creek On a roughly annual basis I will venture out to the further reaches of the metroplex in pursuit of a […]
The Contemptible Collar
DATLELINE – Autumn 2024 This is an article I wish I didn’t feel compelled to write. Most of the time people and urban wildlife are […]
Camouflage and Coloration in North Texas Mammals
North Texas Mammals come in a variety of different colors. For some species their coloration is meant as camouflage, for others it is intended to […]
Controlled Burn
DATELINE – 2023 – WISE COUNTY Every now and again I like to run some really long term trail camera projects. What I’m talking about […]
Slow and Unaware
North Texas is home to a whole host of interesting and engaging mammalian species. In Dallas/Fort Worth a number of these animals have adapted exceptionally […]
Coyote Creek
DATELINE – Dallas, Texas July and August 2023 This special trail camera project began as an offshoot of another effort I spent some time working […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Coyotes and Armadillos
Dateline – Summer 2022 – North Denton County Earlier in the summer I began to explore in—what for me was—a new area of the urban […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
The Burrow
DATELINE – Winter 2022 – Carrollton, Texas I first noticed this burrow late last winter while exploring a creek bed running through a typical North […]
Skulls and Other Bones
They say that death is a natural part of life. Nowhere is that more evident than when you are out exploring in the great outdoors. […]