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 […]
Summertime at the Dallas Arboretum
Summer 2022 The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a local treasure. The park is home to 19 different gardens, each showcasing a varied collection […]
Fox Squirrel – McKinney Melanistic
Dateline – February 2022 – McKinney, Texas In late January I received an interesting email from a nice lady in McKinney, Texas. Included in the […]
Arctic Blast
Dateline – February 2021 – Carrollton, Texas It was the late 1980’s the last time we had a cold spell like this one. Temperatures in […]
This Place in the Woods – Spring, Summer, and Fall
Dateline – Spring, Summer, Fall 2019 – Denton County EDITOR’s NOTE: This is a followup to an earlier article… This Place in the Woods – […]
The Beaver Pond
Dateline – December 2019 – Carrollton, Texas It’s not uncommon for Beavers to build dams on urban waterways here in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and […]
The Wildlife of One Yard
I’ve been documenting the diversity of DFW Urban Wildlife on the pages of this website for just around 15 years now. In all that time […]
The Day Shift and the Night Shift
I am not a bird feeder guy. I am not well informed the different type of feeders, or the different types of feed, or any […]
Video – Bird Sounds
Whether they are calling, fussing, humming, begging for food, or singing to find a mate, birds can make an amazing variety of sounds. Some bird […]
Winter Wildlife Videos
Winter brings a wide variety of wildlife to this area and it is my favorite time of year to be outside. I filmed a lot […]
Winter Back Yard Birds
Our friend, Richard Barnes, has out done himself this time! Just wait until you see this wonderful video compilation made up of all of the […]
Around the House
Things have changed around the Jackson house since we adopted Britney and Shadow way back in late February. Adjusting to life with two rambunctious Lab-mix […]