White Rock Lake, Dallas Needs Rain – Lots of it

The water level of White Rock Lake in Dallas is really low and the smaller streams have dried up. The ground is cracking in several places around the lake. The wildflowers are really small and going to bloom quickly because of the lack of water. White Rock Lake needs rain – lots of it!

The cracks below were at Celebration Tree Grove on April 29, 2012.

 Lack of rain causing parts of White Rock Lake to crack 

A closer view of the cracks around Celebration Tree Grove

By the way, can anyone tell me why Macy’s Creek near the Bath House has dried up? According to locals, there used to be a perennial stream of water flowing through Macy’s Creek and that dried up some time ago.

The image below was taken at Winfrey Point on May 5, 2012.

Winfrey Point - White Rock Lake needs rain

 The dry ground is cracking up at Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake

Awesome Encounter with a Coyote at White Rock Lake

Thursday, March 29, 2012

This beautiful Coyote made an appearance in the area of Celebration Tree Grove White Rock Lake at about 5:45pm this evening. He (actually, its sex is unknown) casually sat down and enjoyed the late afternoon sun.

He is in excellent condition and amused himself by chewing on some copper wire insulated with blue plastic.

Chewing on the blue object

The Coyote (canis latrans) is also known as the "prairie wolf" and is Texas' most frequently viewed large carnivore. They are extremely intelligent, curious and adaptable animals.

Coyotes are extremely intelligent

You can see from these images that he is obviously well fed, which is not surprising with the Coyote smorgasbord available at the lake. Coyotes are opportunistic carnivores and will eat fish, rabbits, rodents and carrion. In addition, they eat birds, insects and even small domestic pets.

It's a beautiful day for a stroll in the park

Coyotes are generally wary of humans, but this guy seemed oblivious to being photographed, and he ignored the runners and cyclists passing by on the nearby bike trail.

After about twenty minutes of basking in the sun the Coyote got up, stretched, and casually sauntered along the edge of the thicket before he disappeared into the brush near the little bridge at the Celebration Tree Grove, located close to the Poppy Drive entrance to White Rock Lake in east Dallas.

He casually sauntered away

He disappeared into the thicket near the tiny bridge at
Celebration Tree Grove

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