It’s the Time of the Season When Love Runs High – at White Rock Lake

“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?” 


How many of you remember the 1968 song by the Zombies, “Time of the Season”?

Right now, as you walk around White Rock Lake in east Dallas, you cannot help but start singing the lyrics of that song: “It's the time of the season … When the love runs high …”

Spring is the time of the year when Mother Nature pushes the “get amorous” button. In the words of the song, “It's the time of the season for loving.” And the birds, animals and insects at White Rock Lake are taking it seriously, as though their very existence depended on it.

These Variegated Fritillary butterflies were mating yesterday, flying around from plant to plant, locked in passion, on the hill above Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake.

Mating Variegated Fritillary butterflies at White Rock Lake

Milkweed Bugs mating yesterday near Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake

These fish were spawning in Dixon Branch Creek, just before it
enters Sunset Bay

If you're interested in aeronautical acrobatics and copious amorous activity, go find yourself some dragonflies. They are always fun to watch. These two dragonflies were answering nature's call in the tiny stream that runs into the lake from the Dallas Arboretum.

Mating dragonflies at White Rock Lake

 Mating feral pigeons at Sunset Bay, White Rock Lake

Mating Mallard ducks on the east shore of White Rock Lake

The female Mallard felt so violated with the entire ordeal that she felt the need to shower afterwards. The male Mallard looked on, not quite understanding the need to bath.

In the words of Neltje Blanchan: “Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?” 


In case you were wondering what the song sounded like, you can listen to it here: Time of the Season

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Spring Fever at White Rock Lake

The vestiges of winter have finally been discarded, and Mother Nature has started to celebrate Spring at White Rock Lake. And what a wonderful time of the year it is.

Signs of life - this tree is beginning to bud and flower.

Mother Nature has set the procreation clock, and the birds and animals of White Rock Lake have started mating. The fish are spawning, and the trees are beginning to flower or bud. The snakes are out of hibernation, and the wildflowers are beginning to bloom.

In the image below, a male Red Winged Blackbird is performing his mating call routine on top of a blossom-laden cherry tree, on the lake shore near Winfrey Point.

A male Red Winged Blackbird looking for a mate atop a blooming cherry tree.

The smell of spring is in the air, and the lake will soon be bursting with color and new life.

For those of you who spend most of your time in the urban jungle, perhaps it’s time to unwind. Take some time out to explore White Rock Lake in all its glory. Even in the midst of a thriving metropolis you can still find ways to enter nature’s secret kingdom.

This magnificent tree has started to bud.

As Robin Williams so aptly said, “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’.” All you have to do is find your way to White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.

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