A yellow fellow
A few images of a tiger swallowtail in my backyard on zinnias
Pick me, pick me!
Have you ever been on the sidelines with your hand raised shouting pick me, pick me! Or, have you ever been the last one standing when teams chose sides on the playground?
My favorite image
Someone asked me the other day what my favorite photograph was. I told her the following. It was one of...
Lean in real close
Sometimes you just have to lean in real close and be vulnerable if you want to be authentic.
Need a lift?
You don’t have to look down on others to lift them up.Encourage someone today and extend a helping hand –...
Those who stand…
… for nothing will fall for anything.” A. Hamilton I was in the backyard glassing goldfinches during lunch. I glanced...
They’re baaak!
Finally… the goldfinches are back. They usually don’t hang around our yard until sunflowers and zinnias bloom. That finally happened...
Andscape or Landscape?
No, that’s not a typo. And, I know it just may be semantics to some, but to me it’s something...
The lifter of my head
Have you ever had a day like this flower? Rained on.. windblown… picked on… maybe even bullied! There is good...
Water lily
I never thought I’s shoot floral subjects with a 150-600mm lens set at 600mm. But, that’s what happened with this...
“Early in the morning…”
… my song shall rise to thee.” I love Carolina wrens – especially when they sing early in the morning....
Go ahead, you can say awe….
I’ve captured quite a few images of Carolina wrens, but none like this. Go ahead, you can say awe.
Cat and mouse game
Recently Kathleen and I had the pleasure of watching a juvenile owl and squirrel play “cat and mouse” in our...
Owl 2 – Rodents 0
That’s the score today, Owls 2 – Rodents 0. We love watching this family of owls rearing their young in...
Circle of life
We now have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. One of the parents has been spending...
An owl affair
We have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. It’s been fun watching and photographing them. Here...
Like father like sons
Just when I thought I’d seen it all! What a rare treat to see a male northern flicker sparring with...
Blue trillium???
There is a wildlife mitigation area within a few miles of our home. It floods frequently and attracts various waterfowl...
One of those days
Have you ever had a day like this? Well, don’t let it ruffle your feathers. “Greater is He that is...
Eastern Phoebe
Photos by me – text by allaboutbirds.org One of our most familiar eastern flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe’s raspy “phoebe” call...
Serendipity
Serendipity, or the art of making happy chance discoveries, was coined by Horace Warpole in the 1700s. It’s a word...
Northern flicker
Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.
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A yellow fellow
A few images of a tiger swallowtail in my backyard on zinnias
Pick me, pick me!
Have you ever been on the sidelines with your hand raised shouting pick me, pick me! Or, have you ever been the last one standing when teams chose sides on the playground?
My favorite image
Someone asked me the other day what my favorite photograph was. I told her the following. It was one of...
Lean in real close
Sometimes you just have to lean in real close and be vulnerable if you want to be authentic.
Need a lift?
You don’t have to look down on others to lift them up.Encourage someone today and extend a helping hand –...
Those who stand…
… for nothing will fall for anything.” A. Hamilton I was in the backyard glassing goldfinches during lunch. I glanced...
They’re baaak!
Finally… the goldfinches are back. They usually don’t hang around our yard until sunflowers and zinnias bloom. That finally happened...
Andscape or Landscape?
No, that’s not a typo. And, I know it just may be semantics to some, but to me it’s something...
The lifter of my head
Have you ever had a day like this flower? Rained on.. windblown… picked on… maybe even bullied! There is good...
Water lily
I never thought I’s shoot floral subjects with a 150-600mm lens set at 600mm. But, that’s what happened with this...
“Early in the morning…”
… my song shall rise to thee.” I love Carolina wrens – especially when they sing early in the morning....
Go ahead, you can say awe….
I’ve captured quite a few images of Carolina wrens, but none like this. Go ahead, you can say awe.
Cat and mouse game
Recently Kathleen and I had the pleasure of watching a juvenile owl and squirrel play “cat and mouse” in our...
Owl 2 – Rodents 0
That’s the score today, Owls 2 – Rodents 0. We love watching this family of owls rearing their young in...
Circle of life
We now have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. One of the parents has been spending...
An owl affair
We have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. It’s been fun watching and photographing them. Here...
Like father like sons
Just when I thought I’d seen it all! What a rare treat to see a male northern flicker sparring with...
Blue trillium???
There is a wildlife mitigation area within a few miles of our home. It floods frequently and attracts various waterfowl...
One of those days
Have you ever had a day like this? Well, don’t let it ruffle your feathers. “Greater is He that is...
Eastern Phoebe
Photos by me – text by allaboutbirds.org One of our most familiar eastern flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe’s raspy “phoebe” call...
Bright spot
Be a bright spot in someone’s day!
Serendipity
Serendipity, or the art of making happy chance discoveries, was coined by Horace Warpole in the 1700s. It’s a word...
Northern flicker
Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.