
Eastern Pondhawk, Maybe
A nice person on Mastodon let me know my last dragonfly was a Female Eastern Pondhawk, which is a pretty cool name. This one looks to also be in the Continue Reading →
EXPLORE – INSPIRE – EDUCATE
A nice person on Mastodon let me know my last dragonfly was a Female Eastern Pondhawk, which is a pretty cool name. This one looks to also be in the Continue Reading →
Let’s mix it up a little. Here’s a dragonfly, type unknown. Any guesses?
A new-to-me bird, the Painted Bunting deserves your attention to its All About Birds (All Aboot Birds in Canada) web page. My photo below is good but you need to Continue Reading →
Happy Mother’s Day! A Canada Goose and little goslings explore the wild waters of the Antelope Valley’s Apollo Community Park.
It’s not an actual sand wave, but it is a sand dune growing off the hardpacked earth in the foreground.
More from White Sands National Park, which won’t likely be a National Park if the Administration’s budget request goes through. 38% cut in federal funding for the Park Service and Continue Reading →
Bringing a beefy, professional tripod to Alaska wasn’t on the top of my list. I was already packing enough to make sure I stayed comfortable while my wife and I Continue Reading →
As mentioned yesterday, the hard-pan between the dunes in White Sands National Park is like a crust. Chalky and crunchy under foot.
Because of the relatively high water table in White Sands National Park, there are many areas of a hardened sand between the taller dunes. This is where the grasses grow Continue Reading →
The log cabin I featured yesterday wasn’t that big. Just two rooms, but they both had windows!
A cabin dating back more than 100 years sits along peaceful trails at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. It was locked tight, but the view in the window Continue Reading →
My life list on eBird says that I’ve seen this bird before. Evidently on August 5th, 2018 in the Sepulveda Basin in Los Angeles. I love technology. Yesterday I spotted Continue Reading →
The bright orange Bullock’s Oriole has a fairly distinct marking on its head that makes for a cool looking mask. I found this one at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Continue Reading →
A few cars trickle into Yosemite Valley while the Milky Way begins it’s rise over Half Dome
Killing time getting new tires, I wander the alleys.
A bit of an abstract this morning has my fancy. Palm fronds, up close.
Rust has a way of attracting me, photographically. Maybe it is the color. Maybe it is the deterioration.
You really do need to get down in the sand to pick out details.
Back to White Sands National Park for a bit. You have to walk a bit to find the dunes without human marks, if that’s your thing. It’s my thing. Just Continue Reading →
Drone views are usually interesting views. Why does the building at right have way more panel density than the one on the left?
It was a gray day in Grand Teton National Park. But that doesn’t mean I’d keep my camera packed away. Continue Reading →
With not a lot of light in the underground world of Carlsbad Caverns State Park, I was tempted to play around with slow shutter speeds and various movement. Add in Continue Reading →
Green Herons have such beautiful coloration in my book. Just look at those wings! Beautiful and highly functional as well.
I’m not sure what is so pied-billed about this grebe, but they are easy to identify!
Not sure why these birds are just called ‘yellowthroat’ when their whole body seems to be yellow!
Who knows how long this column has been slowly, drip by drip, building its way to the ceiling. Taken inside Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
The White Sands of White Sands National Park attract a lot of photographers.
More from White Sands National Park.
If you want to get to the top of the Gateway Arch (see view here), then you’ll have to step into the pod. This is the mechanism that brings you Continue Reading →
Being in Saint Louis for work and to visit friends, I also checked off another ‘new to me’ National Park, Gateway Arch. The view from 630′ high in the sky Continue Reading →