Category Archives: Video

Monarch Egg Hatching – Video

By James Braswell | Published November 29, 2023

Today’s post has been a few days in the making. Back in September when the Monarch migration was underway, I photographed a lot of Monarch caterpillars and butterflies in their busy, nonstop activities. I collected several Monarch eggs from the church butterfly garden and set up a “nursery/studio” in my dining room. One of my […]

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Birth of a Monarch

By James Braswell | Published September 21, 2022
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Birth of Royalty – Video

By James Braswell | Published October 8, 2021
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Fun Friday: A Little Camera Shy!

By James Braswell | Published June 17, 2016

If you’ve been following my blog for a little while, you are probably aware that I have been monitoring a pair of Barn Owls that have taken up residence in a Cass County barn, and possibly beginning to nest in a nest box I built and installed for the landowners. I have a trail cam […]

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Fun Friday: The Dance of Joy!

By James Braswell | Published March 20, 2015

On my last full day along the Platte River, I continued my quest to capture some decent video of the Sandhill Cranes as they danced and jumped about in the cornfields. For the past few mornings, they would be dancing/jumping when I stopped the car on the roadway. But after pulling my camera up, they […]

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Sandhill Crane Foraging Videos

By James Braswell | Published March 17, 2015

In yesterday’s post, I featured a few images of Sandhill Cranes arriving in the cornfields to forage. Today’s post includes a few videos I captured of this activity. Sorry for the somewhat jerky movements … I was shooting handheld, while resting my camera/lens on the car window ledge (staying inside the vehicle to prevent spooking […]

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