| About DFWUrbanWildlife.com |
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| Welcome to DFWUrbanWildlife.com! This site is dedicated to the
recording of detailed information about the wide variety of wildlife
that makes its home in the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.
Hopefully, there will be information contained in this site that you will
find in no other resource. |
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| I have always admired the work done by those who study and care for
wild animals, and I have been particularly impressed with the professionals
who photograph wild animals in their natural habitats.
When these individuals are plying their trade in the field they demonstrate
a level of patience and dedication few of us are ever able to achieve.
I have long been interested in pursuing wildlife photography as a hobby
myself, but I had never followed through because I believed that opportunities
for photographing wildlife were extremely limited here in the city. |
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| Then one day I began to notice the abundance of wildlife
eking out an existance right here in heart of the Dallas/Ft. Worth
Metroplex. Despite the urban and suburban sprawl, I found that
many wild animals not only manage to survive in the presence of
man, but they actually thrive there. An amazing variety of wildlife lives
in the greater DFW Area. Everything from the lowly earthworm to
alpha-predators like red-tailed hawks, coyotes, and bobcats can be found here.
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| So, this web site is also an indulgence in my lifelong fascination with wildlife
and the natural world. I intend to use this web site as an excuse
to study the wildlife that makes its home in urban North Texas, and as a repository
for the pictures and data I collect in that pursuit. By keeping this
web site I hope to enhance my knowledge of the region's animal life and
improve my wildlife photography skills as well. |
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| DFWUrbanWildlife.com is a work in progress. Because of the multitude
of animals in the DFW Metroplex it is unlikely that
this site will ever truly be completed.
I will continue to add new animals, pictures and observed behaviors as more
information is gathered. From a very modest beginning,
with only a few animals and photographs, I hope grow this site into something that
will become a valuable resource for animal lovers in the Dallas / Fort Worth Area. |
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| To that end, your participation is requested and encouraged.
If you know of any interesting wildlife viewing opportunities in the DFW
Five County Area please let me know about them by emailing me via this link:
Contact.
If you have any interesting photos or stories about the area's wildlife, I'd like to hear about
them also. You can submit your pictures by
following this link: Submit Photograph,
and you can report an observed behavior with this link:
Report Observation.
With your permission, all reasonably verifiable and relevant photographs
and anecdotes will be used to enhance the web site. |
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| Please remember as you browse this site that I am not a professional wildlife
photographer. Prohibitively expensive equipment costs and
lack of sophistication will keep my photographic work firmly in the
"amateur" category for the time being. Still, I am hopeful
that the recording of an obscure behavior or two will be of benefit
even if the resulting shot is not quite of professional quality. |
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| I am also not a biologist, or a zoologist, or a ornithologist, or any other
kind of ologist for that matter. I will research all of the information
I gather as thoroughly as I can, but this will definitely be a learning experience
for me. Expect mistakes and feel free to correct me whenever you find one:
Report Error |
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| Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the site! |
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