Not having Mocking birds around us or having much experience with them we were blown away when while getting some gas on a recent trip we heard this guy singing away in the trees at a roadside oasis. He was imitating birds left and right and singing continuously for minutes at a time.
It was a great show to just sit and watch and a nice relaxing break from the road.
As the November sun sets earlier each day I feel the last memories of summer melt away and wait for the snow to find me.
Zeroimage pinhole and Tmax 100iso film.
We could hear them all around but the forest was thick and every time I put the camera up to my face they quickly flew away. As we continued our walk I stoped trying to get a photo, put the camera in my backpack and just enjoyed listening to thee Sparrows singing their songs.
As we were getting nearer to our car I finally got a photograph yet what I remember most of that hike is listening to them singing their songs.
His looks say it all. An Arctic Fox dressed in their summers best.
Watching a Lesser Yellowlegs working over the shoreline of an alpine lake for a meal. Summertime…when the living was easy.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Yellowlegs/lifehistory
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/lesser-yellowlegs
I have always found mushrooms fascinating life forms. Not plant, not animal yet vitally important for the health of both plants and animals. However, they are a bugger to photograph yet I never stop trying.
Paul Stamets wrote a great book on Fungus call Mycellium running and delivered this inserting TED talk several years ago:
What felt like an ordinary days walk became extraordinary when the voice inside became quiet and only the eyes did talk.
Denver, CO
A late fall surprise. A bit of green still hanging on where warm water emptied into much colder pond. Where there is a will there is a way.
Wandering the ridge lines up to the top in Great Sand Dunes National park.
A small Song Sparrow finds a little nibble on the beach but first must avoid being nibbled on by this feisty little insect.
nature has no boss 
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