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Tag: Richardson

May 3, 2012
Chris Jackson's DFW Urban Wildlife

Red-tailed Hawk – Nest Update 2

May 2, 2012 This observation is the continuation of a previous post. The previous article can be found here Red-tailed Hawk – Nest Update 1 […]

April 26, 2012
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Red-tailed Hawk – Nest Update 1

Apr 25, 2012 This observation is the continuation of a previous post. The previous article can be found here Red-tailed Hawk – High Tech Nest […]

April 19, 2012
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Red-tailed Hawk – High Tech Nest

Apr 18, 2012 The evening before I took these photographs I had noticed a pair of Red-tailed Hawks soaring around a cell phone tower in […]

April 10, 2012
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Great-tailed Grackle – Communal Roost

This video contains footage of Great-tailed Grackles and European Starlings preparing to roost as the sun sets. This large and noisy communal roost is located […]

April 4, 2012
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Turkey Vulture – The Rising Swarm

A swarm of Turkey Vultures leaving their overnight roost. The birds are circling in a thermal updraft trying to gain enough altitude to begin the […]

March 22, 2012
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Red-tailed Hawk – The Hunter

I observed this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk while video a large communal roost made up of mostly European Starlings and Great-tailed Grackles. The hawk had somehow […]

March 21, 2012
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European Starling – Communal Roost

What is it about the intersection of city streets that attracts birds? Clearly there is something about the bird’s psychology that causes these areas to […]

March 19, 2012
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Red-tailed Hawk – Richardson Red-tail

I observed this pair of Red-tailed Hawks at the busy intersection of Jupiter Road and Arapaho Road in Richardson, Texas. This is a very busy […]

March 2, 2012
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Ring-billed Gull – Super Target

Ring-billed Gulls like parking lots, perhaps because parking lots are large and uniformly flat, much like the surface of a body of water. These birds […]

January 21, 2012
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Eurasian Collared-dove – On Jupiter

Jupiter Road runs north and south along the border between the towns of Richardson and Garland, Texas. There is a healthy population of Eurasian Collared-dove […]

December 4, 2011
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Red-tailed Hawk – Squirrel Hunter

I observed this Red-tailed Hawk on my way into work one morning. I spotted the action on the lawn of a church near the intersection […]

October 2, 2011
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Coyote – The Mange

My kids and I were driving through the town of Richardson, Texas when my daughter spotted a strange looking dog or Coyote on the grounds […]

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September 20, 2025, 8:02 pm
Clear sky
SE
Clear sky
87°F
2 mph
Apparent: 86°F
Pressure: 1015 mb
Humidity: 69%
Winds: 2 mph SE
Windgusts: 4 mph
Sunrise: 7:14 am
Sunset: 7:26 pm
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94°F
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Windgusts: 4 mph
 

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North Central Texas Wildlife

Would you like to share your own Dallas/Fort Worth area urban wildlife observations? We recommend joining the North Central Texas Wildlife Facebook Group. Fun and spontaneous, there are lot's of wonderful wildlife observations and excellent photographs posted to this group everyday. I know the other members would love to see what you have to contribute as well!

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Local Forcast

DFW Metropolitan Area
September 20, 2025, 8:02 pm
Clear sky
SE
Clear sky
87°F
2 mph
Apparent: 86°F
Pressure: 1015 mb
Humidity: 69%
Winds: 2 mph SE
Windgusts: 4 mph
Sunrise: 7:14 am
Sunset: 7:26 pm
© 2025 Powered by Open-Meteo
Forecast
September 20, 2025
Day
Cloudy
SSE
Overcast
94°F
Winds: 2 mph SSE
Windgusts: 4 mph
 
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