Before dawn is the best time to find the maximum number of cranes on the Platte river. At various points along an 80 mile stretch starting around Grand Island and going westward, there are places where you’d think you could never fit another bird in…these are popular hangouts with numerous shallow water sandbars. It’s a … Read more
It’s a special day in the spring when you see the first Oriole arrive. Nothing quite compares to their orange coloring and to be honest, I love the black and orange together. That’s for the Baltimore Oriole. The Orchards have a deeper, richer, rust colored breast which is also very pretty. If you see one … Read more
I must have gone several years without a decent heron picture. I would see them around but never close and never accessible. Then finally things seemed to take a turn for the better. A few times I would get one flying by pretty close, and in other instances, like this one, they would actually come … Read more
I have this weird, strange, odd-ball affinity for white birds. It’s hard to say why but there’s something about seeing them…sometimes on the most drab and lifeless days…but they fly by and the world seems lighter, brighter, and just a bit better. Pelicans, swans, any big old white bird will do..and anything that lightens up … Read more
Not everyone loves woodpeckers it seems. Log home owners are not often smitten. But say what you will about them, they put old broken down timber to good use. Actually now that I think about it, they have a lot in common with folks who live in log homes. I admire them both for having … Read more
This is the only image from my trips out to Nebraska that I’ve ever printed. I’m not sure why but I can say it’s one of my favorites. You can pull a lot of stories out of this one image. This pair of cranes is bonded, mating for life…they’ll spend much of their time together … Read more