Blog Post 3 - Creek

    I went for a walk on Saturday morning and wound up at an intersection between McPherson and McCart avenue. I stood there and looked around for a few minutes, wondering if I could spot something interesting to write my weekly blog about. I quickly came upon a creek, tucked away off the side of the road that was about fifteen feet wide. I climbed down to the creek to see if there were any animals inside and unfortunately, the only living thing I saw was a blue dragonfly. I was lucky enough to snap a picture of the dragonfly - it can be seen in the photographs below, perched on top of a rock.   

    I have never really examined a dragonfly in Texas up close, they are considerably larger than any other dragonfly I have ever seen. Aside from the dragonfly, I only really noticed trash scattered throughout the surrounding area. Granted, this was water runoff pouring out of drainage pipes so I can’t say my expectation of finding living creatures was all that justified. However, I do think it would be really cool if there were small creeks around TCU where animals, like frogs and salamanders, lived.

    I’m really glad I stopped by the creek on Saturday morning, it was a great start to my day. I would be curious to find out where the water from that creek goes to - I wouldn’t be surprised if it flows into the Trinity. Maybe next Saturday I’ll take my walk along the creek and see where it eventually leads, I think that would be fun. Hopefully there will be some more exciting animals down by the trinity (nothing against dragonflies, of course).