It doesn’t happen every year, but sometimes, at our local lock and dam near Muscatine, you’ll find a particular eagle that dominates the lock chamber. There’s water in there…it’s calm, and it get’s a fish coming through now and then…and this big bird takes advantage of that. Due to it’s size and demeanor I’m pretty … Read more
I’ve been practicing social distancing, long before it became a buzzword, and a new way of life for most people these days. Thing is, it’s not really a new thing at all…nature uses it all the time. Take for instance this happening from a few years ago. You have a really popular perch…and a fair … Read more
It’s important, I think, with regards to our current state of affairs, to focus more on the small, but good things that are around us. If not now, when would be a better time? Is it delusional to turn off the news and to feed one’s mind with other things? Only you can be the … Read more
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
Deep Lakes Park is one of the newer outdoor recreational areas in Muscatine County. The park includes 435 acres of which over 120 acres are clear water lakes. This area used to be privately owned and were used as sand and gravel pits…in fact much of the area south of the city of Muscatine has … Read more
It would be easy to miss…the beauty and uniqueness of birds like the common grackle. Look closer though and you’ll see colors and tones radiating from the plumage that the naked eye is just prone to miss. Or maybe it’s not just in the eyes but from a mind that views most things as all … Read more