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"…
Raptors… Look what the wind blew in! 23 Mar 202219 Apr 2022 In the winter of 2021, into 2022, a rare migrant from the Arctic appeared and made where I am in Missouri, its winter home, and “bird watchers” are taking notice.…
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 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… “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…
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…
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…