Exploring Dallas Great Trinity Forest At Flood Crest
Trinity River in Dallas, Texas flooding out the Great Trinity Forest under a spectacular sunset sky May 24, 2015Â It's the Flood of 1957. Carbon copy of a large scale drought buster that quenched...
View ArticleCanoeing The Elm Fork of the Trinity River
Famous Texas bird guide Victor Emanuel spots a Mississippi Kite with a flotilla of canoeists on the wilds of the Elm Fork in Dallas, TexasThere are many areas in Dallas Great Trinity Forest that one...
View ArticleHorseback Riding The Trinity River
Texas Trinity River's Goat Island as seen from the saddle of a horseSome of the first European American explorers to see the Three Forks of the Trinity River saw what we now call Dallas, on a horse....
View ArticleDallas Great Trinity Forest Flood -- Kayaking across the flooded forest
Kayaking the tree canopy in the 20 foot deep water of Dallas Great Trinity ForestThe easy to photograph shots of a flooded Trinity River made a splash on the evening news or social media feeds where a...
View ArticleI-20 Dowdy Ferry Gateway Park and Horse Trail
Angel the horse takes a break from a trail ride to McCommas Bluff at the Dowdy Ferry Gateway Trail and park, May 25, 2014 Dallas, TexasLocation:Â 2081 Dowdy Ferry Road Dallas, TexasGPS...
View ArticleGreat Trinity Forest and the Big Swamp
Sabal minor palms growing on the floor detritus of the Great Trinity Forest, Dallas Texas, June 7, 2014The deepest part of the Great Trinity Forest lies here. One that is rarely if ever visited by...
View ArticleScissor-tailed Flycatchers and Kingbirds In Texas Trinity River Corridor
Texas Bird of Paradise, the Scissor Tailed Flycatcher perched on an Arkansas Yucca surrounded by Prairie Coneflower and other native wildflowers in Dallas, TexasThe strong southerly winds of a Texas...
View ArticleSwamp Hiking Beyond Big Spring In The Great Trinity Forest
The maze of wetlands, swamp and lush vegetation in the Great Trinity Forest within walking distance of Big SpringDawn on the longest day of the year lights the eastern sky well before 6am, the earliest...
View ArticleWood Storks Taken Off Endangered Species List And Return To The Great Trinity...
A Juvenile Wood Stork at Joppa Preserve on the evening of Juneteenth 2014, Dallas Texas. One of the most rare and special animals in Texas.It was an early summer Thursday, June 26, 2014 to be exact...
View ArticleBig Spring's Rare Plants Roar Into The Record Books Of Texas Botany
Famed Botanist Julien Reverchon's Spermacoce glabra specimen collected August 1, 1902 at Buzzard Spring, White Rock Creek drainage in the riverbottoms of South Dallas. Part of the Botanical Research...
View ArticleSuper Moon and Meteor 2014 Over Dallas Texas
Super Moon over the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge July 12, 2014. Shot from the junction of the West Fork and Elm Fork of the Trinity River Dallas TexasFar beyond the sights and sounds of the city, the...
View ArticleRoseate Spoonbills Wild Passage To The Great Trinity Forest
The dance of the Roseate Spoonbills in the Great Trinity Forest Dallas, Texas Summer 2014One can only imagine what this place must have looked like ten centuries ago when the Caddo danced on this very...
View ArticleGreat Trinity Forest Wading Birds
Birds of the Great Trinity Forest hunting quarry near Joppa at dawnThe Trinity River's flooding events bring an immense volume of water and aquatic life into over banked areas of the floodplain. The...
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