Mark’s journal of photographic projects, thoughts, and commentary.
A young eagle makes a final pass over Cone’s marsh before sunset. In the distance I can hear the call of Sandhill Cranes, White-fronted Geese, and a family of Trumpeter Swans. The vibrant array of life is indicative of the habitat…a lovely mixture of wetlands and prairie grasses…a natural Iowa landscape that has never fallen … Read more
“High horns, low horns, silence, and finally a pandemonium of trumpets, rattles, croaks, and cries that almost shakes the bog with its nearness … A new day has begun on the crane marsh. A sense of time lies thick and heavy on such a place.” ~ Aldo Leopold
Suffice it to say it’s a bit of a problem when the birding action gets a bit too close for the lens you’re using. Such was the case here, and I was lucky to get one whole bird completely in the shot. Both of these youngsters are honing in on the same thing…and that was … Read more
“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”~ Henry David Thoreau
I’ve been to many airshows over the years…with the vast majority being in the Quad City area. Over the 30+ year period, a number of warbirds have flown over the Davenport skies…but one of the most beautiful would have to be this F4U-4 Corsair, nicknamed the Korean War Hero. As you might guess this plane … Read more
This ram has seen a few years…butted a few heads…and made his presence known with a dominance that has endured the tests of time. On this frosty morning in the badlands of South Dakota, his exhales appeared to turn to steam…he’s a tough old dude.