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We are blessed to have many different woodpeckers in the backyard woods where I live. Add in a few flickers and it’s a nice assortment. We’re just missing a consistent visit by the Pileated Woodpecker…the largest of the lot. But the redheads and red-bellies make up for it, much of the time. I love the … Read more
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed … We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in.”― Wallace Stegner
An older image but one I don’t think I ever posted on this blog. This image has won a few prizes for me in the past…appropriately I got some expensive, arctic gloves and liners…problem is it’s never been cold enough to use them since I received them! Figures…you are most welcome you happy, warmth-loving, Iowans!
This is a re-edit of an image from last year…I wanted it to be a bit more moody and darker. The Coopers Hawk is a bird of the forest…with an agility and power well suited to flashing between limbs and branches at break-neck speed. It is the perfect bird hunting design. This one was … Read more
On a recent outing with eagles the day had been pretty good…but as evening approached the light dropped off, and a few of the other photographers started to pack it up and head for home. The equipment I use (Olympus) has a very small sensor, and it’s not noted for working all that well in … Read more
The B-25 is such a beautifully designed, iconic aircraft from WWII. It was the plane used by the Doolittle Raiders when they bombed Tokyo Japan after taking off from an aircraft carrier at sea. This was a one-way mission for most of these aircrews. This B25J is lovingly maintained and flown by the Missouri wing … Read more