2022… 2022: Missouri – Diamonds on a Black Velvet Sky – Imaging of M45 “Pleiades.” 10 Dec 202213 Dec 2022 Another Astrophotographer adventure is here - it’s the 19th of November, 2022 in the Midwest, I arrived at the Bortle Class 4 location at 4:00 pm, and sunset was at…
2022… 2022: My first Astrophotography image – M31 “Andromeda Galaxy” 27 Nov 202226 Jan 2023 Hello everyone, I hope all is well. It has been some time since I have shared anything on my blog. At the time I wrote this post, in Missouri, it…
2022… 2022: Missouri Deeproot clubmoss “Diphasiastrum tristachyum” 16 Aug 202216 Aug 2022 How many times have you been told, "keep your head up while walking on the trail!" It's a good thing to do, but in this case, I was on a…
Avian Photographer… “Home!” Yerette – Home of the Hummingbird – Part Five – 2019. 19 Apr 202219 Apr 2022 This is the last in a five-part blog, reflecting on a 2019 trip to Trinidad and Tobago. It was a bittersweet sunrise; knowing my vacation was coming to an end,…
Dutchmans Breeches… 2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers “Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria.)” 14 Apr 202212 Jun 2022 Five years, that is how long it has been since I last picked up my macro kit and attempted to photograph wildflowers. Many a thing has changed in the world,…
Fotografia by Míguel… 2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers – “Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)” 13 Apr 202212 Jun 2022 Leaving work today, I saw a small patch of these amongst some tulips, outside my office. Glad I had my camera with me. This most attractive spring perennial is spectacular in large…
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…
Fotografia by Míguel… Hopes for a Short-eared Owl! 10 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 It’s that time of year again. Christmas is in the air; the New Year is right around the corner and Old man Winter is coming! Boy wildlife photography is about…
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…
American Bald Eagles… “North American Bald Eagles of Clarksville.” 28 Jan 201922 Apr 2022 Photographing the North American Bald Eagle "Haliaeetus leucocephalus" Has been a few years in the making, after a more than ten-year hiatus, I got back into photography in 2013 -…
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…
Fotos by Mi… “Webster Groves Nature Study Society Nature Photography Group Field Trip.” 16 Dec 201810 Mar 2022 The Webster Nature Study Society (WGNSS) - founded in 1920, the group's focus is on experiencing nature. The main interests of the group(club): botany, bryology, entomology, geology, herpetology, a nature…
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…
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…
Elephant Rock State Park… “Johnson’s Shut-ins State Park & Elephant Rocks State Park with Danny Brown.” 8 Nov 201619 Apr 2022 October 25th, 2016 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park is state-owned, located in Reynolds County, Missouri. The East Fork of the Black River flows like a maze through the dominant rocks called rhyolite,…