Category Archives: 2022

Fun Friday: Surprise!

By Jim | Published August 12, 2022

Today’s post features one of my tiny friends that I often see when photographing on some of Missouri’s prairies … the Jumping Spider. While photographing a clump of wildflowers that were located along the edge of some woods, I caught this little guy as he hunkered down between some leaves, intently watching me:   Photographic […]

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Colorful Quacker

By Jim | Published August 11, 2022

Today’s post features an image I captured a few years ago, while kayaking the waters at Amarugia Highlands CA, in west-central Missouri. While kayaking there, this Mallard drake popped over the trees and flew overhead, giving me a great view of this colorful duck: Kayaking in Missouri during the spring or fall bird migration can […]

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Party Birds

By Jim | Published August 1, 2022

Today’s post features a few images I captured a few years ago, while exhibiting in an art show in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After a day in my booth, I returned to the hotel for the evening. To my surprise, and excitement, there was a large flock of Cedar Waxwings that had stopped to rest and forage […]

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Searching the Shoreline

By Jim | Published July 22, 2022

Today’s post features a previously unpublished image from a trip to south Texas a few years ago. While photographing whooping cranes along the coastal waters of the Aransas NWR, we came across an American Oystercatcher busy searching the waterline for food: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark 2 camera body Canon 500mm, f/4.0 IS lens […]

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Inclined To Be Kids

By Jim | Published July 14, 2022

Today’s post features a couple of young Mountain Goat kids at the top of Mount Evans (Colorado). Young kids are such a joy to watch and photograph. They gather in groups and run about, jumping from rock to rock and often jumping on each other … and all of this while often precariously perched, or […]

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All Natural Diet

By Jim | Published July 6, 2022

Today’s post features a couple of images I captured at the church bluebird box (Laurie, Missouri) a few days ago. As the four babies in the nest are rapidly growing in size, both parents are constantly hunting for insects to feed the young bluebirds. In this post, I feature a couple of images of the […]

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New Parents

By Jim | Published June 30, 2022

Today’s post features a couple of images I captured yesterday at the bluebird nest box that I put up in the outside sanctuary area at my Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) church. After installing a bluebird box this spring, a pair of Eastern Bluebirds (our state bird) began showing interest in the box. It took […]

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Reminiscing!

By Jim | Published June 27, 2022

Today’s post features 3 images I captured a few years ago, above Black Bear Pass in Colorado. Sunsets can be great … some are even unforgettable! While updating my Lightroom catalog, I ran across a few that hold a special place in my heart … enjoy! I’m looking forward to re-tracing my footsteps in this […]

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New Church Members

By Jim | Published June 21, 2022

Today’s post features a couple of images I captured with my cell phone camera, over the past couple of weeks at my church at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. In spring, I installed a bluebird nestbox in our outdoor sanctuary area at my lake church.  Recently, the box finally became active, with 4 light […]

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Fun Friday: G-hog Day!

By Jim | Published June 17, 2022

Today’s post features 3 images I captured through my back window, here at my Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) home. As I worked on a photo studio I am setting up, getting ready for Monarch butterfly photography, I caught some movement out the back window. After seeing the grasses/weeds/wildflowers moving swaying back and forth quite […]

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