Fun Friday: ‘Bottoms Up!’

By James Braswell | Published November 23, 2018

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day yesterday!  I spent the last couple of days at one of my favorite locations in Missouri to photograph nature … the Loess Bluffs NWR (formerly called Squaw Creek NWR) … most of the time I still refer to this wonderful location as Squaw Creek. Today’s “Fun Friday” post […]

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Trumpeter Swans in Picturesque Alaska

By James Braswell | Published March 9, 2013

(This post originally published in December 2010) I recently had a comment from someone on Twitter about seeing Trumpeter Swans a few years ago, in snowy/icy conditions. That got me to thinking … I was able to capture some pretty nice Trumpeter Swan images 2 years ago, when I was in Haines, Alaska shooting bald […]

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Trumpeter Swans, Part 2

By James Braswell | Published December 24, 2012

Today, my blog picks back up with the Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) that I photographed at Squaw Creek NWR, in northwest Missouri, last week. In my last swan post (Trumpeter Swans, Part 1) I posted photos of trumpeter swan families as they rested and fed on the refuge waters. Today’s post includes some flight shots […]

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Trumpeter Swans, Part 1

By James Braswell | Published December 20, 2012

In today’s post, I’m featuring the reason I spent 2 days this week at Squaw Creek NWR, in northwestern Missouri … the Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator). Just a few short years ago, the trumpeter swan could not (easily) be found in Missouri. But starting 3-4 years ago, the swans began stopping at the Squaw Creek […]

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Minnesota’s Trumpeter Swans (Re-post)

By James Braswell | Published December 9, 2012

(This post originally published in August 2010) My last day shooting on my recent Minnesota trip turned out to be one of my best. I had been hoping for some Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator), but up until now had not seen any. I decided to try a local wildlife conservation area, the Carlos Avery Wildlife […]

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Group Meeting

By James Braswell | Published December 6, 2011

Continuing from yesterday’s post on the Trumpeter Swans, there is nothing more beautiful than seeing them make a flyby, especially close-up, when coming in to join a group of feeding/resting swans that are in a refuge pool, right in front of us!       Everyone’s here … let the meeting begin!       […]

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