Beautiful ‘Greenies’

Today’s post features an image I captured on one of the Squaw Creek NWR (now called Loess Bluffs NWR) pools, in northwest Missouri, a few years ago. Mallard drakes (males) are brilliantly colored when you can find them in good light. These Mallard drakes were cruising one of the refuge pools in beautiful, early morning […]

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Spring Fever … Already?

Today’s post features one of my favorite warblers, the Magnolia Warbler. Captured at Magee Marsh in northern Ohio, this beautiful male was flitting about the trees as it fed and rested, before crossing Lake Erie for his summer home in Canada: Magee Marsh is a wonderful place to see and photograph migrating warblers in the […]

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Tall Bellflowers

Today’s post features a woodland wildflower that I found recently at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the Tall Bellflower. I don’t ever recall seeing these wildflowers this late in the season, but they give a nice touch to the fall colors: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon […]

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A Little Bright Spot in the Fall Landscape

Today’s post features a wildflower I found blooming last week while hiking and photographing fall colors in the woodlands at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the White Heath Aster: A few more fall color images will be featured in a subsequent post. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body […]

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Christmas in October

Today’s post features some very colorful, Christmassy-like berries. Although I haven’t been able to identify them, they are most likely the fruit of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, or the Green Dragon wildflowers (both are located in rich, moist woodlands throughout Missouri): Coming up … more Missouri Ozark woodland fall colors. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera […]

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Transitioning Colors

Today’s post features a couple of fall colors images I have captured over the past few days. Although the peak of the Ozarks’ fall colors has not yet been reached, there are obvious signs of the transition that can be seen. The two images featured today were captured at Fiery Fork Conservation Area, located in […]

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