Posts by Hal

Old Baldy!

I had a wonderful walk this morning at Marias Temps Claire. I came across many wonderful birds and I’ll post...

April 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. Whatever I glass during April I’ll post here. Let the snapping begin!...

Some of my favorite bluebird portraits

Since the bluebird is Missouri’s state bird, I thought they deserved their own gallery with some of my favorite images.

March 2022 Birds

This gallery will grow throughout the month. You can also check out February’s birds. And January’s birds are here.

Cedar waxwings came to visit

Bam! Just like that it happened. Kathleen and I were in the kitchen cooking supper. I had the "Nick Stellino par boiled/fried potatoes" (best ever!) and she had the gluten-free chicken tenders in the Ninja foodie. I glanced out the window and saw several cedar waxwings land in two cedar cuttings I brought in from the field.

February 2022 Birds

Instead of creating more bird galleries I’ll be adding a blog post for each month of the year and adding...

I possess not…

The only creatures out this morning to brave the elements were me and Monty! (a mockingbird) While walking I was...

New perch material

I thought I’d show off some new perch material I brought back from SC.

A photograph 32 years in the making!

Although the circumstances that brought us together (the passing of our sister in law) weren’t ideal, the past week was...

January 2022 birds

Wet head for a red head

I love shooting in the rain! It saturates colors and provides for interesting textures. It looks like she was giving...

Our Christmas Blessing

Our Christmas Bluebird BlessingMay our days be filled with joy and peace,And hope that makes us ponder,Who is this Child...

Be still… I can’t

This is a story that’s been over 50 years in the making and telling. I always thought of being born...

“Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane…

Nope, it’s neither of those. It’s just a simple autumn morning out in creation. Enjoy!

The fifth season – brown!

With almost all leaves gone from the trees, we’ve now entered what I call the “brown season.” Even Mrs. Bluebird...

Fill flash works for bird portraits, too.

I’m not taking as many bird portraits as I have been over the last 18 months. I have over 1,500...

A cold but beautiful walk in the woods

I didn’t get out as much as I wanted to this autumn to get some snaps, but managed a few....

Red tail hawk 11.9.21

I pulled up to the drive of lake 24 at Busch CA. I spotted this red tail and cut the...

Lake 34 at dawn

Autumn 2021

Here are just a few snaps from late October at Busch CA. With fog and a light mist, the conditions...

Aunt Lafern

Yep, that’s the title of this image.Yesterday was Kathleen’s birthday so we went to Pere Marquette park in Illinois to...

Autumn-ish 10.26.2021

My wife graciously agreed to go with me to Busch CA this morning before dawn. (At least she got a...

Red-winged blackbird against Fall foliage

Red-winged blackbird against Fall foliage

While out glassing birds early this morning at Busch CA I decided to wind my down to lake 33 to...

Is this the same bird species?!

Yes, they are. While out this morning I came across a band of yellow-rumped warblers (non-breeding plumage). There may have...

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