Hackberry Creek backs onto our home in Irving, Texas. It's full of wildlife which never fails to surprise us. Place your mouse on each thumbnail picture to see captions. You can also enlarge a picture by clicking on it!
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An Igret just caught a fish
What a beak!
We have a family of otters in the creek
Just nabbed dinner
See the fin
Mamma and Pappa Otter wander up the embankment near our house
Just swimming by
Dove waiting for bird seed on our decking
See the turtle to the left of the Igret
Native blackbird to Texas
Widemouth bass feeding on algae. They can grow to 5 feet!
Mamma otter just below our decking. We had to be very very quiet to take this photograph
Baby otters just below our decking
Baby otters sneaking up the embankment to our house. They run very fast when frightened so we had to be quite still!
The cardinel. Native bird to Texas and extremely shy
The vivid red Cardinal is the male. The female is brown and very ordinary!