This attractive American Wigeon was photographed against strikingly blue water just as the sun was lighting up his beautiful metallic green feathers. Wikipedia has this […]
Bonaparte’s Gull – Adult and First Winter Juvenile
Bonaparte’s Gulls photographed at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Pictured below are an adult and a first winter juvenile. Observation Details County […]
Lesser Scaup – Males and Females
Male and female Lesser Scaup at Woodlake Pond in Carrollton, Texas. Wikipedia describes Lesser Scaups in this way: Adults are 38–48 cm (15–19 in) long, […]
Bufflehead – VCDB
Male and female Buffleheads observed in the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb […]
Red-eared Slider – Koi Pond
A Red-eared Slider in a Koi Pond on the campus of Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Wikipedia describes Red-eared Sliders as follows: Turtles also […]
American Wigeon – Winter Water
Male and female American Wigeons photographed on one of the ponds in the Nob Hill Greenbelt Park on the day after Christmas. A winter storm […]
Double-crested Cormorant – Diving In
A Double-crested Cormorant observed diving into a small pond in northwest Plano. Observation Details County – Denton City – Plano Date – Nov 25, 2012 […]
Red-eared Slider – Clear Water
Red-eared Sliders in a suburban Carrollton Beaver pond.
Northern Pintail – Fall Water
This Northern Pintail was observed in the Lower Chain of Wetland Cells in the Great Trinity Forest, Dallas, Texas. That’s a lightly colored American Coot […]
Fox Squirrel – Waterlogged
A couple of weeks ago I observed a Fox Squirrel jump in the water and swim across Hickory Creek at one of its widest points. […]
Fox Squirrel – Swimmer
There are no pictures to go along with this observation, but I wanted to post about it anyways so that it was documented. I put […]
Channel Catfish – Seeking Shade
These three individuals were observed swimming through the clear water of Spring Creek in Richardson, Texas. I saw these guys just as they emerged from […]