Just across the ravine the morning light shines golden on grasslands of Yellowstone National park.
Tag: nature photography
Roadside attraction
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.
Western Grebe
We usually do not see Grebes on the local pond during winter in our neck of the woods. However, last week, this Western Grebe was swimming in a small section of a local pond that remained unfrozen. Perhaps she if off course in migration and landed here to rest and refuel. Although it was a pleasure to see her, I hope she takes advantage of this weeks thaw to get back on track and is gone the next time I visit this pond.
Sundown
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.
Chipping Sparrows
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.
Dapper
His looks say it all. An Arctic Fox dressed in their summers best.
Yellowlegs
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
The Fungus Among Us
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:
Ordinary Days?
What felt like an ordinary days walk became extraordinary when the voice inside became quiet and only the eyes did talk.
Denver, CO
Well Hello There
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.
nature has no boss 
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