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
“The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, – melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.” ~ William Beebe
One of the challenges with the Sandhill cranes on the Platte river is that some of them…well, many of them, will start their day pretty early. Many will depart off the river, even before the sun has risen. Couple that with the common fog that envelopes the river in the early hours, and you have … Read more