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 […]

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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 […]

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Tropical Waterfall in the Dead of Winter

Today’s post features an image I captured last week at the St. Louis Botanical Garden, inside the “Climatron”. I visited a good friend for several days and we made our way to several gardens/museums around the big city. While visiting the Botanical Gardens, we spent most of our time in the tropical-controlled Climatron … much […]

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Coyote On the Move

Today’s post features a previously unpublished photo that I captured in December 2005. While hiking around the Amarugia Highlands CA in Cass County, Missouri, this coyote bolted out of the treeline and ran across the frosty trail: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 1D Mark 2 camera body Canon 100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens Handheld, with IS “On” […]

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Late Season Brown-eyed Susans

Today’s post features a few, end-of-season Brown-eyed Susan wildflowers. While recently hiking some woodland trails at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks), a few Brown-eyed Susan wildflowers were hanging on for dear life. As readily seen in this image, the tips of the flower petals were losing their color as they began to […]

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Tall Bellflowers

Today’s post features a woodland wildflower that I found recently at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the Tall Bellflower. I don’t ever recall seeing these wildflowers this late in the season, but they give a nice touch to the fall colors: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon […]

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