As many of my regular viewers know I love Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Just by being there I can feel my blood pressure drop, a sense of peace flows through my body and my mind (and camera) focuses on the wonders and intricacies of nature. This photo was taken at 5 […]
Category: Wildlife
Squacco heron in Norfolk
Rare squacco heron flies in to WWT Welney July 2012. Birders have been gathering at WWT Welney in Norfolk this week to see an extremely rare squacco heron. The reason why it has turned up in the UK is unknown as these birds normally spend the summer in Southern Europe. This record is the second […]
Best Photo of the Week Competition 07 Jul 2012
The bar has been raised yet again in our “Best Wildlife Photo of the Week” competition. We have some captivating images of birds, mammals, insects and an amphibian from the Americas, Africa, Europe and Australasia for you to choose from. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three […]
Grey Warbler, Riroriro, Gerygone igata
Grey Warblers Grey Warbler These small and grey forest birdsare often quite difficult to spot. But the trilling warble is a dead giveaway as to their presence. A bird who prefers the high canopy in our forest we hear them more often than see them on Ulva Island, but around the Village where the trees […]
Bison on Antelope Island
With the rising temperatures of summer the Bison on Antelope Island need to find a reliable freshwater source. There are 40 freshwater springs that are located near the shoreline of the island and the Bison make use of them to quench their thirst. The Bison move down from the grassy slopes in large herds like […]
An Aster Cocktail
Closing her eyes, sipping an aster cocktail, a Cabbage White mocks the heat in the garden of Ra. • Cabbage White butterfly | Pieris rapae
Burrowing Owls – They Make Me Smile
When I photograph Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) I can’t resist smiling, especially when they are juveniles. Just seeing them makes me grin. These chicks were perched on a Sagebrush not long after the sun had risen. They are fairly young but able to fly. The creamy colored chest lacks the spots of darker brown that […]
First Days of Summer Walkabout
Summer greets Western Massachusetts with a hot soup of humid heat. The rising sun casts a net of sweltering, swelling, sanguine rays piercing skin and leaf alike. Spreading landscape’s spring green evaporates into a darker coating . . . void of its former verdant glow. It is a great time for butterflies, except for all […]