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Best Bird was a Bobcat!
Of all the beautiful photos we got on our birding trip to the coast of Central California, the most exciting to me was of a very cooperative bobcat at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park below Big Sur....
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Fall Dragonflies of Cape May
Great Blue Skimmer–male Cape May is famous for its incredible birding, but also for their varieties of butterflies and dragonflies. These aerial predators with their monster-like eyes and...
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Black-tailed Rattlesnake
According to an article on Black-tailed Rattlesnakes, this venomous snake packs a punch and “is capable of delivering large amounts of potent venom. If encountered, it should be left alone. A large...
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Damselfly party!
After the storm yesterday, I noticed a few hazy patches of vegetation in the water, maybe 25 feet out from shore. A photograph with a long lens showed what was making the hazy movements. There were...
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Seven Surprising Facts about Moths I Learned on my First Mothing Night
Luna Moth What’s a Mothing Night? Something I had always wanted to try, but never did, was to set up a bright light at night in order to attract moths. When I heard of other birding friends who did...
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The Garden Spider and the Monarch Butterfly
Garden Spiders are impressive with their large size, and bright markings. They belong to the orb weaver family, and are known to build webs as wide as several feet, only to take them down and rebuild...
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A Dog and his Deer: Best Buds
We’ve all seen commercials and videos recently of interesting animal buddies, but today was the first time I witnessed a doggie/deer combo myself. Although I frequent this back road often, looking for...
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Macro Photography in Costa Rica
Poison Dart frogs, strange-looking insects, and exotic fungus and flowers were the subject of our macro shoot in Costa Rica. We were with a wonderful Road Scholar group led by John Hendrickson, a...
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Rattlesnake Roundup! Sinnemahoning Snake Hunt
Dark-phased Timber Rattlesnake (photo from Wikimedia Commons) The Sinnemahoning Sportsmen’s Association Snake Hunt recently held their 49th annual event, and it was attended by hundreds of...
View ArticleTips for Nature Photography–Keeping it Simple!
Some tips for doing bird photography! My set up: I use the Canon 7D Mark II with a 400mm fixed lens. Due to weight restrictions on my tired shoulders, this is an ideal set up for me that I can carry...
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