Six Years Ago, Today

By James Braswell | Published November 15, 2018

With the sound of gunfire seemingly all around my rural Missouri home (firearms deer season opened a few days ago), I’m re-posting a blog post from 6 years ago today … enjoy! This past weekend I drove to central Kansas in hopes of photographing some rare and endangered Whooping Cranes that are migrating to their […]

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A Little Bull For You!

By James Braswell | Published December 9, 2014

I was quite surprised to find this half-grown Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus) sunning on the gravel road of Quivira NWR when I visited there in mid-November. After all, the temperatures were only about 50F and these are cold-blooded creatures. These reptiles can grow to about 6-feet long … this one was about 3-feet long. Bullsnakes are […]

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Beddy-Bye Time

By James Braswell | Published December 8, 2014

On my 2-day stopover in Quivira NWR in November, I was hoping to catch some migrating Whooping Cranes. Instead, all I got was several thousand Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) :o) Here are a few images I captured of groups of the cranes as they returned to the refuge in the evening, to roost: This gave […]

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Sunset Over Big Salt Marsh

By James Braswell | Published December 6, 2014

While photographing migrating birds at Quivira NWR (Kansas) last month, a wonderful sunset greeted us on our first evening. When the colors started to really “boil”, tons of birds began returning to the refuge for overnight roosting: It seems like the most awesome sunsets occur over National Wildlife Refuges. It makes especially pleasing photography whenever […]

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Fun Friday: ‘You Up For a Swim?’

By James Braswell | Published November 14, 2014

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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A Little Light-headed

By James Braswell | Published November 13, 2014

Another common bird found at the Quivira NWR earlier this week was the White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons). Arriving by the “boat-loads”, they settled into the refuge waters as they migrate southward. Here are a few images I captured as one small group of geese arrived: More images from Quivira NWR to follow :o) Photographic Equipment […]

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