Category Archives: Nature Photography
Back to the Burrow
Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Wichita Mountains NWR in southwest Oklahoma, a number of years ago. While photographing in the early morning, I saw this Burrowing Owl returning to his underground den, with nesting material in his beak (can you spot this owl’s mate, with only the head peering out […]
Sleepy Time
Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area in Cass County, Missouri, a number of years ago while kayaking the area. While photographing wildlife in the early morning, I kayaked past this sleepy raccoon that was peering out of his den in a tree, high above the waterway: This […]
Catch of the Day
Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Loxahatchee NWR in southeast Florida, a number of years ago. While photographing the many water pools of the refuge, this Great Blue Heron proudly displayed his recent catch: This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides. I recently began converting some […]
Scattering At Sunset
Today, I’m featuring two more recently converted digital files (from a 35mm slide). These images were captured at the Squaw Creek NWR (now called Loess Bluffs NWR) in northwest Missouri: When I lived in the Kansas City area, I visited this wonderful refuge often. And many of the trips included outrageous sunrises/sunsets, like the one […]
Two’s Company
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). After my last post, featuring a female Eastern Collared Lizard, I found and scanned an image of a male and female sunning alongside each other (female on the left), on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains, with wildflowers profusely blooming in […]
Subtle in the Sun
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This subtly-colored female Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: Not long ago, I featured the male Eastern Collared Lizard (Male Eastern Collared Lizard), in case you missed it or want to compare […]