Got My Eyes On You!

A few days off and I’m now back to bloggin’ :o) First, I want to welcome any new blog readers that I may have picked up over this past weekend’s “Art in the Park” art festival in Columbia, Missouri. I had a great show in Columbia, meeting many wonderful, nature-loving folks, and selling lots of […]

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Mule Deer Rut

Early in my recent Waterton Canyon hikes, it was evident that the Mule Deer were also in their rut. A few, single does were seen, but most of the deer were in groups of 2-8 does and a nearby buck. Here are a few images of the Mule Deer that I captured on my hikes […]

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Fun Friday: ‘You Up For a Swim?’

While photographing at Quivira NWR (Kansas), a rather odd behavior played out in front of me … a buck and doe white-tailed deer, wading and playing in the refuge waters at Big Salt Marsh. And not for a short time, but they were in the water for several hours! Most of the time they were […]

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Fun Friday: Playin’ in the Wildflowers

Today’s Fun Friday post comes from the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area, just outside Missoula, Montana. While attending some photography classes at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in 2007, I captured this deer fawn as it wandered about the meadow: A few moments later, Mom walked out of the shrubby area and met up with her […]

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Fun Friday: Practice Time

In a small meadow near Moraine Park, a group of 5 Mule Deer bucks were busy grazing. Every now and again, a couple of the bucks would face off, lock antlers and “playfight” as they get ready for their upcoming rut. After jousting for a few minutes, they would return to grazing. Here are a […]

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A Velvet Morning

Yesterday morning, while traveling the Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier NP, a pair of White-tailed Deer bucks, both in velvet, were casually walking down the side of the road. Fortunately, I had some room to pull over and the traffic was light, allowing me to grab a few images as they passed me: While an antler […]

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