2022… 2023: Platanthera peramoena (Purple Fringeless Orchid) 21 May 202321 May 2023 In 2022 I lead a Webster Groves Nature Study Society, photography field trip to Castor River Conservation Area. The goal being to document and photograph - Platanthera peramoena, the scientific…
2023… 2023: Missouri – Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) 7 May 202321 May 2023 I have to admit when I first heard of wild orchids in Missouri, it harkened me back to being home; where to catch a glance, one would have to look…
2023… 2023: Missouri – Rosette Nebula and Star Cluster NGC 2244 15 Feb 202321 May 2023 Clear nights in winter, in the great state of Missouri, are not really a thing of frequency January 27th 2023 astrophotography adventure from the front yard, with a Bortle Sky…
Nature Photography 2022: Missouri’s Orchids: Small White Lady’s Slippers. 10 Aug 202216 Aug 2022 Small White Lady's Slippers Orchid (Cypripedium candidum) is native to eastern North America across the northern United States and southern Canada. This species was described by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg…
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…
Nature Photography 2022: Missouri’s Spring Wildflowers – “Wild” Red Columbine. 12 Jun 202213 Jun 2022 Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is a beautiful and unique native plant. Delicate red and yellow flowers resemble tiny ballerinas as they dance on slender red stems over finely divided blue-green…
Nature Photography 2022: Spring Migration – “Red-eyed Vireo.” 8 Jun 202212 Jun 2022 Back at it again, another spring migrant, images from Tower Grove Park - St. Louis, Missouri. The Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is an American songbird of the order Passeriformes. As…
Nature Photography 2022: Spring Migration- “The Magnificent Magnolia Warbler” 6 Jun 202212 Jun 2022 Spring of 2022, one of my goals - get better images of spring migrants! The Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) is a member of the wood-warbler family. The active, confiding Magnolia…
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.…
Nature Photography… “A perfect day for winter landscape photography.” 21 Apr 202221 Apr 2022 Yes, I acknowledge that winter is behind us, personally, I love all the seasons, coming from where I am from, you have a dry season and a wet season. Having…