Monthly Archives: June 2009

Patience

Spent this morning at Huntley Meadows park.  I was lazy and arrived at the park later then usual, and I figured things would be very quiet.  Boy was I wrong, as the park was very active with plenty of things to see and photograph.  Snakes, turtles, egrets, herons (Great Blue and Green-backed), swallows, ducks, geese,...

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Rainy Day in Shenandoah

This is the time of year for fawns and I hoped to get some photos of the new arrivals in Shenandoah National Park today. The early morning drive up did not look promising, weather-wise. The dark grey clouds appeared to be building up and the radio called for heavy rain. When I arrived at the...

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Nature Photography Day

The North American Nature Photography Association designated today as Nature Photography Day, encouraging people everywhere to use a camera to explore the natural world in a backyard, local park or other nearby place.  Since we are close to Father’s Day, I photographed this male House Sparrow who was helping out Mom with the feeding chores...

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Missed and gained opportunities

On the last day of Boot Camp, we once again drove into the east entrance of Glacier, looking for both moose and bear. We had seen a moose and calf a couple of days ago but it was too dark in the early morning for photography.  We also had reports of bear activity in the...

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Never a dull moment

Today, we drove into the East Glacier entrance of the park under overcast skies.  Along the roadside was a small group of White-tailed Deer which tolerated our physical presence for a short while. As we continued to search for wildlife along one side of the road, I turned around to find a rainbow directly behind...

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Many Glacier

This morning, we drove to the Many Glacier hotel area overlooking Swiftcurrent Lake.  Again, we were blessed with still water and magnificent weather. This view is right on the hotel grounds. While we shot images from the lake, Moose’s son, Jake, spotted a female Grizzly with a cub crossing the mountain side to the right...

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Montana Landscape

We left at 4:00AM for a drive to Two Medicine Lake to catch the sunrise.  A full moon and perfectly calm water greeted us which enabled  some outstanding reflections. The photo above was taken a little after sunrise. In the early evening, the clouds were rolling in and we took a drive north to follow...

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