Author Archives: James Braswell
Unfurling in the Woods
… But Only Momentarily! Today’s post features another woodland wildflower that was beginning to bloom along one of the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (Missouri Ozarks) last week … the Bloodroot wildflower. When the Bloodroot wildflower is about ready to bloom, the plant’s leaf, which is originally wrapped around the stem of […]
Airing the Dirty Laundry
Today’s post features another early spring wildflower that I captured last week at Ha Ha Tonka SP (Missouri Ozarks), Dutchman’s Breeches. Aptly named, the flowers on this small, woodland wildflower suggest that someone is hanging their dirty breeches in the woods to dry: Coming up … another woodland wildflower that was photographed on this hike. […]
It’s Official … Spring is Here!
Today’s post features one of Missouri’s earliest blooming, woodland wildflower … the Harbinger of Spring (aka, “Pepper and Salt”). While hiking the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (in the Missouri Ozarks) last week, I found this small, and often overlooked wildflower blooming adjacent to the woodland trail I was hiking. I captured […]
Catching Spring Fever
Today’s post features an image that I found while editing older images … immediately, I got spring fever! This image of a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly collecting nectar from a thistle plant, was captured on a Missouri prairie a few years ago: Another sure sign of approaching spring is the wonderful display of woodland wildflowers that […]
Breakfast is Now Served
Today’s post features an image I captured while visiting the Sherburne NWR, in Minnesota, a few years ago. While cruising around the refuge, I found this adult Common Loon as it fished and fed a young loon in one of the refuge pools: Canon 1D Mark 3 camera body + Canon 500mm, f/4 IS lens […]
Live, in Technicolor
Today’s post features one of our most colorful ducks, the Wood Duck drake (male). This image was captured via kayak, in the waters of Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area, in west-central Missouri: Canon 1D Mark 3 camera body + Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens + Canon 1.4x TC Handheld, with IS “On”, from my kayak ISO […]