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The Beauty of Spring
A couple of days ago, I wandered the woodland area of my neighbor’s rural land, looking for spring wildflowers. A great outing and many species of wildflowers were observed during this hike. In today’s post, I’m featuring a couple of images of one of our earliest woodland wildflowers, the Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica). The Spring […]
Time for Bluebells to Ring
Today’s post contains some macro images that I captured on my rural Missouri property on Wednesday. Virginia Bluebell wildflowers are one of the first wildflowers to appear in my woodlands. After a long, cold winter, these little babies are about ready to pop! Here are some of my favorite images: When the rains end, I […]
Posted in Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: Blog, bluebells, Cass County, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, spring, wildflower, woodlands
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30 Days and Counting!
Been watching my calendar closely lately … it won’t be long until Missouri’s spring woodland wildflowers are blooming! In fact, 30 days from today is when I began photographing the woodland wildflowers last year. Today’s image was captured during my 2015 pre-workshop scouting trips. This Bluebell wildflower with buds showing is making me anxious to […]
Carrot Top
One of our most beautiful woodpeckers is the Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). I usually don’t see many of them around, but when I do, I always try to capture the beauty of this bird: While photographing woodland wildflowers this past spring, I believe I found a cavity nest that a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers is […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, Birds, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, Missouri, nature, nature photography, spring, woodlands
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Those Bloomin’ Bells
Each time I wander the nearby woodlands, I find more and more progress with wildflower blooms. Yesterday, the Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) were beginning to bloom in large groups: And with the many blooms, I noticed a large increase of pollinators to the wildflowers, particularly to the Bluebells. On my next workshop to this area (Monday), […]
Yellow Violets
Not to be out-shown by the purple (Common) violet wildflowers, we also found some tiny, Yellow Violets (Viola pubescens) during our in-the-field workshop the other day. These are really awesome wildflowers, and very colorful. The purple veins on the flower petals contrast very nicely with the bright yellow leaves. This is the only yellow-flowered violet […]