Egrets? We have a few ...

This group of egrets in my Highland Village 'hood usually migrates south for the winter. But in recent years, warm winters in North Texas have spared these birds the hassle of flying to Mexico. (Kudos to the still-unknown-to-me DMN copy editor who came up with the Sinatra headline.)

Step inside the spin room

Shot two videos on deadline at the Texas Democratic Presidential Debate in Austin, including this peek inside the "spin room" and this video blog analysis by DMN senior political writer Wayne Slater.

Young voters flock to Barack Obama rally

Throngs of young Barack Obama supporters turned out for the presidential hopeful's rally today at Reunion Arena in Dallas. In this video, a handful of young Obamamaniacs explain why he's their candidate. The energy level at the rally was rapturous, but as my colleague Dave Levinthal points out in the video, it remains to be seen whether all these young voters will show up to vote on March 4.

Ken Burns, are you nervous? Just a little?

This historical video about Quakertown, the once-thriving black Denton neighborhood that was razed in the 1920s to build a city park, also marked my first foray into the famed "Ken Burns effect." You know the trick -- panning out and zooming in on old, historic photos to give create the impression that the photos are somehow floating. Props to my DMN SportsDay colleague Matt Wixon -- a true renaissance man who manages to cover high school sports, be Dad to three young boys and write a hilarious pop culture blog -- for showing me the Ken Burns trick.

Dole, Daschle talk politics in Dallas

Former senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle offered their take on Super Tuesday during a Dallas taping session for Texas Monthly Talks, the weekly PBS interview show produced by KLRU-TV in Austin. Find out here if Daschle wants to be Barack Obama's running mate and if Dole thinks John McCain is too conservative to be the GOP presidential nominee. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert also was interviewed. Check the schedule in the coming days to see when the show will air in your neck of the woods.