Bird Photography… 2022: Summer Madness – Look a Bluebird! 4 Aug 20224 Aug 2022 It is summer time in Missouri, the heat is here and as of late so has the rain. A play on light, that is what I call the Indigo bunting…
Avian Photographer… 2022: Spring Migration – Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Jun 202212 Jun 2022 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica): Breeds from south-central Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to the east-central U.S. from New England to the Great Lakes region, and in the Appalachian Mountains.…
Avian Photographer… “Home!” Asa Wright Nature Center – Part Three – 2019. 12 Apr 202213 Apr 2022 The roosters have been crowing since 430am. I did not get much sleep, I was excited about the day ahead. So I got up, showered and packed my camera bag,…
Birding… “Home!” Chagaramus – Part Two – 2019. 8 Apr 202213 Apr 2022 On this day I met up with my good friend and hands down, one of the best birder and nature photographers on the island - David S. Huggins. This "bredda's"…
Avian Photographer… “Home!” Birds from the Backyard and Front Porch – Part One – 2019. 31 Mar 202219 Apr 2022 April 2022 is upon us. Where has the time gone? It has been almost 3 years since I visited my family back home. The "Pandemic" event of the past 2…
Birds… The Harrier and the Owl. 12 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 "Try and try again." yeah that is the saying, in my case I have been trying, trying, trying, going all the way back to 2016. I have been trying to…
American white pelican… Manny look at that Pelican fly! 10 Mar 202210 Mar 2022 This may arguably be the most famous one-liner in movie history, in reference to a pelican. "Look at these pelicans fly. Come on, pelicans!" Look at this pelican fly! Sure…
Birds… The Little Eastern Screech Owl. 9 Mar 202210 Mar 2022 Another winter is here, while some shudder at the thought of snow fall, I embrace the season of change, as winter migrants make their return to our area. Only 10…
Birds “It takes two to tango!” 21 Apr 201922 Apr 2022 In the pre-dawn silence of a mild spring Missouri morning, a few brave members of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society gathered at the parking lot of Dunn Ranch Prairie,…
Birds… “Backyard Birding – Missouri Winter Songbirds.” 12 Jan 201919 Apr 2022 A big thanks to the Duncan's for inviting me to their home, to photograph winter songbirds at their bird feeder. A cold winter day is perfect for curling up by…
Birds… “The Return of the Short Eared Owls.” 1 Jan 201910 Mar 2022 My good friend, Bill and I have logged countless hours dating back to 2016 in hopes of getting an in-flight image of a Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus.) Fortune shined on us…
Birds… “Lake Michigan’s late visitor.” 28 Dec 201810 Mar 2022 The alarm went off at 3 a.m., yup time to get up, showered and hit the road, accompanying me on this trip is two fellow birders/photographers (Bill and Casey.) Why…
Birds… “Snow Geese Blastoff.” 24 Nov 201822 Mar 2022 T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, located at the eastern edge of the Missouri River Valley, about two miles south of Mound City, MO., can…
Birds… “A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears!” 7 Nov 201810 Mar 2022 Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) aka Rockstar of 2018. This species of duck created a frenzy in a small St Louis County park and Central Park, NYC. His colorful plumage quickly…
Birds… “Do not blink, there goes a Virginia Rail.” 28 Apr 201810 Mar 2022 I just ended, leading my first Webster Groves Nature Study Society field trip. Bill and I decided to head over to the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary to see the Virginia…
Antelope… “Where sagebrush meets the mountains.” 19 Apr 201810 Mar 2022 A huge thanks to my friend Ron Hayes, I had an amazing four days in Wyoming. The 11 western states with sagebrush-steppe habitat and sage grouse are Oregon, Washington, California…
Birds… “The Phantom of the Great North.” 12 Jan 201811 Mar 2022 On January 12 at 4am, my friend Andrew drove from St. Louis, MO to Meadowlands, MN (St. Louis County) home of Sax-Zim Bog. What awaited us was a "Birder's Life…
Birds… “Trumpeters of the Riverlands.” 18 Dec 201710 Mar 2022 Earlier this Spring, I tuned into a PBS special, “The National Parks: America's Best Idea.” In the 1920’s George Melendez Wright raised awareness to the plight of the Tule Elk…
Birds… “Meet the American Woodcock.” 20 Mar 201710 Mar 2022 What better way to start your Saturday morning than a 7:30 am breakfast at Cracker Barrel? I met up with my friend Ozark Bill, with whom I normally meet up…
Birds… “The American Bald Eagles of Lock & Dam 14.” 4 Mar 201710 Mar 2022 Lock and Dam 14: Located in the city of Le Claire, IA. Hailed as one of the better bald eagle viewing opportunities in the continental US, each winter hundreds of…