nature tales and camera trails

In the fall of 2017 a group of five Wild Turkeys were seen around my community, And then they were seen again in the spring, so apparently t...

I had just arrived back home from my morning drive looking for birds or wildlife to photograph when upon getting out of my car I spied th...

On July the 24th, 2018 my husband found this monarch butterfly caterpillar on the leaf of a milkweed plant at Three Tree Creek. We had a sm...

I was very disappointed this spring, summer as I had not seen any baby geese or ducks.  I was especially anticipating seeing those sweet, li...

Sometimes when I see something unusual and fascinating I must learn to take a picture first, no matter how far or distant it is, no matter o...

For several years now we have been trying to grow Milkweed plants.  We have been able to grow the green leafy portion of the milkweed but up...

I took an early morning drive this first Sunday morning in July and saw a red Fox and a female white tailed deer in a meadow .  the deer ...

Its that time of year to keep a lookout for young babies of nature.  I have been hoping to see a young fawn and this morning I saw one.  I w...

 above is hown the photo edited version of the picture of the Red Fox shown below!

I didn't have any pictures to post this morning until movement outside my window caught my eye!  It was a hungry Raccoon trying yo get f...

It is always a lovely surprise to discover bluebirds around our yard.  we don't see them often but this week a couple of bluebirds were ...

It is my delight these recent sunny days is to find Painted Turtles sunning themselves , often on islands.of Earth or mounds of grass.  thei...

On my morning's searching for some interesting bird I could find none.  So I was super extra pleased  in the early afternoon when I saw ...

I am used to seeing a first spring Painted Turtle sometime in April, however I think that the flooding we have had this spring was a negativ...

I missed my opportunity of a best photo as I saw an Eagle standing in the river.  It flew away at my approach to the observation deck but as...

We have been waiting and watching and hoping to get a photo of a Red fox this spring. This morning was my opportunity.  Just as I was leavin...

Although seeing the male of a bird species first makes making an id of a female  of the species much easier as the male  often has the m...

Sometimes I am just lucky, being at the right place at the right time and having my camera ready!   This morning I decided to check out the...

These past few days have been wonderful!  I have been finding a new species returned almost every day. Recently, Ruby-throated Hummingbird. ...

Yesterday I spied a long-awaited White-Crowned sparrow in Bird Alley.  I only saw it the once yesterday although I had scattered extra bird ...