Arlington sits between Dallas and Fort Worth along the Trinity River, and the river bottom keeps it wilder than its position suggests. Great egrets and yellow-crowned night-herons work the water, the River Legacy park holds bobcats, armadillos, and wood ducks in real bottomland forest, and the neighborhoods run to mockingbirds, cottontails, and Mississippi kites hunting overhead in summer.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Arlington. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
221,581
recent observations
30
species listed
15
birds
7
insects & arthropods
3
reptiles & amphibians
Naturalists have logged 221,581 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Arlington. The most frequently seen is the Northern Cardinal, with 13,721 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (15 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (7).