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…
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…
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… “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…
Deer… “The curious Buck.” 17 Nov 201810 Mar 2022 "A journey of a thousand miles starts beneath one's feet" The most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. I have always wanted to photograph…
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… “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…
Birds… “For the thrill of it!” 10 Dec 201610 Mar 2022 A History Lesson on Grafton, Illinois Founded by James Mason unofficially in 1832 but on the records as of 1836, Grafton is the oldest city in Jersey County, Illinois, United…
Birds… “Fall Migration of Sandhill Cranes.” 4 Dec 201610 Mar 2022 Gary, Indiana is known as the birthplace of the King of Pop, “Michael Jackson”; however, my journey does not take me there. I am travelling to Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife refuge, located…
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,…