The unexpected flash of white appeared at the periphery of my vision and then disappeared quickly into the dense greenery of trees and plants framing the path forward. This was the first clue that […]
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Eye to Eye With a Green Heron on White Rock Creek
The green heron is perhaps the most elusive and shy of the shorebirds that frequent waterways in Dallas. Great egrets, snowy egrets, blue herons, ducks, seagulls and white pelicans are often plentiful at White Rock […]
Lotus Flowers in Bloom at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
The intense perfumed fragrance of the lotus flowers grabbed my attention first. My entire two-mile hike down the wooded Meadow Pond Trail at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge at the end of June, I was looking forward […]
Mandarin Duck Visits White Rock Lake
A feisty newcomer sporting colorful plumage recently surfaced along the shores of White Rock Lake in Dallas. Amidst the crowd of mallards, wood ducks, Muscovy ducks, and Canada geese that gather nightly at Sunset Bay, […]