En Paco´s Nature Reserve
One of the only invertebrates flying in the misty and warm (for December) weather. We noticed it when it landed on one of us. Near a river and young forest.
The head and body shape are wrong, but the wings are so lace- and dome-like that I thought Lacewings might be on the right track.
strange day yesterday.. the rising sun was blocked by clouds causing the red sunrise on the horizon to hang around until about 10:30am. Because of the red sky I went to the overlook at Joe Pool Lake for my morning hike.... many birds out and about both on the shore and in the water.
This is a water bird of some sort
At first I thought maybe a grebe due to its small size. but all the grebes that fit this coloring are not normal for this area. Then I thought maybe immature loon. but they are closest in appearance to the immature red neck loon... again not common for this area., and I think these birds are too small.... They were delicate in size and were smaller than the American Coots... actually making them appear to be chunky.
There were 5 of what ever these are
Spotted at one of the ponds at the Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.