She calls from a landscape of obsession, frozen fire blushing and blinking, playing hide and seek with her suitors. • Firefly | Lampyridae | Photinus pyralis
Marbled Godwit with its shadow
I have a fondness for Marbled Gowdwits (Limosa fedoa) because of theirpink and black bills and plumage patterns. They also look very elegant walking, standing, feeding and in flight. This Marbled Godwit had been feeding on the mudflats of a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto’s north beach, I like that I was able to […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part II
One of the birds that is pretty common in the marshlands around the area is the Virginia Rail. Even though this species can be found on Vancouver Island as well I have just never had any luck with them. One sunny evening I spent some time wading around a marsh and managed to get a […]
Mint – Attracting Insects at Home
Small Copper butterfly A Small Copper Butterfly feeds on the nectar from mint flowers in our garden Mint…just say the word and cool, refreshing images come to mind: frosty glasses of lemonade garnished with curly sprigs of spearmint; the clean, chilling taste of an extra strong mint. Even chewing gum, mouthwash, and toothpaste companies use […]
Exhausted but Elated
With the exception of some intermittent clouds and infrequent light rain in the mornings and afternoons, thelight was wonderful and the weather hot during the middle of the day. The winds came up around noon each day but I’m not usually out photographing in the harsher light of mid day. There must have been a […]
A pair of Red-tailed Hawks in early morning light
Having one Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in my viewfinder is a joy and getting two of them in the same frame is even more of a delight. On the morning of the last day of my recent trip to southwestern Montana we found this pair of adult Red-tailed Hawks perched on the sun-bleached branches of […]
Reddish Egret
I photographed this Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)in October of 2008 at Fort De Soto’s north beach. At that timeI was sitting in the water taking images of Great Egrets and some Laughing Gulls when the egret flew in and began fishing in the warm, shallow lagoon. It didn’t take the bird long to catch this […]
Audubon President Comments on Arctic Lawsuit
Dateline: July 10, 2012 A coalition of conservation organizations filed a lawsuit in Alaska federal court Tuesday challenging the federal government’s approval of Shell Oil Company’s Chukchi and Beaufort Sea spill response plans. The plaintiffs in this case are Audubon, Alaska Wilderness League, Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, […]