Category Archives: Nature Photography

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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“You Never Know …”

… what you will experience in nature”! Today’s post comes from a photo trip to Mount Evans (Colorado) a few years ago. The photos in this post were not captured by me, but by my good friend, Adam, who lives in Colorado and often joins me for a few days of hiking and photographing when […]

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Hunting in the Snow

Today’s post features a lone, red fox as it forages in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, for rodents under the snow cover. Watching a red fox hunting in snow is a real treat. Using their ultra-sensitive hearing, when they hear a noise under the snow, they stop, tilt their head and listen for the sound of rodents […]

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