Convenient Perch
From Bison to Dung Beetles
Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas On our way to visit our grandkids in Minnesota this summer, we stopped at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, about 15 miles west of Emporia, Kansas. Prairie lands…
Saguaro at Sunset
A Few Days in the Sonoran Desert
Although we live in the Chihuahuan desert here in Las Cruces, in April Penny and I decided to go the Sonoran Desert. The Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts are adjacent as…
Dove with Two Nestlings Ready to Fledge
Mourning Doves Living Dangerously
This post is about one of the most fascinating things I've photographed in a long time. And it happened over the course of about six weeks in our own backyard…
Sandhill Crane in Flight
Sandhill Cranes
Early winter is the time when the sandhill cranes and other waterbirds arrive in the southwest U.S. after they migrate from Canada and other points north. Bosque del Apache National…
Petrified Log Cross Section
Fossils and Petrified Wood
This post is a little unusual for me because it is not from just one place or about just one subject. For the past several summers we visited some sites…
Here's Lookin' at Ya!
Humpback Whales at Digby Neck
One of the highlights of our trip to Nova Scotia was the whale-watching cruise we took off of Brier Island at Digby Neck. We were so fortunate that day because…
Blue Vervain barely opened
Minnesota Wildflowers and Birds
I know this may be a little late in coming. But, what with combing through thousands of photos and also building this website, I have only now posted some of…
Takeoff and Landing
Red-Winged Blackbirds In Flight
How I Photograph Birds in Flight One day in late June I noticed numerous Red-Winged Blackbirds flying and alighting in a field on an isolated gravel road near Winona, Minnesota.…
Agave Bud Opening
Lavender & Agave Super Macros
I recently took an online course from the Minnesota Arboretum about photographing flower buds. It is something I never thought about doing before; I’ve always concentrated on flowers for my…
Farm & Garden
Hog Heaven
This shot won second prize in Digital Photography Review's "Mud, Mud...Glorious Mud" challenge. I was really surprised when I found out about the prize because I forgot I entered the…