Irving sits along the Trinity River between Dallas and Fort Worth, and the river and its lakes keep it green. Great egrets and herons work the water, the wooded bottomland holds bobcats, armadillos, and wood ducks, and the neighborhoods run to mockingbirds, cottontails, and Mississippi kites overhead in summer. Wintering waterfowl pack the lakes on the city’s edges.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Irving. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
252,057
recent observations
30
species listed
16
birds
8
insects & arthropods
3
reptiles & amphibians
Naturalists have logged 252,057 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Irving. The most frequently seen is the Northern Cardinal, with 15,107 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (8).