Wildlife Archive

  • My research tells me this is a Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, which I found a Whitnall Park this evening. I took this one, then started setting up a flash to add […]

    Dragonfly

    My research tells me this is a Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, which I found a Whitnall Park this evening. I took this one, then started setting up a flash to add […]

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  • Today I was in Zion, IL at this park on Lake Michigan. It  features at least a couple well weathered structures that have become divorced from whatever used to connect […]

    Illinois Beach State Park

    Today I was in Zion, IL at this park on Lake Michigan. It  features at least a couple well weathered structures that have become divorced from whatever used to connect […]

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  •   This guy was right at the edge of the road in the Richard Bong State Recreational Area. I busted out a flash for the above two photos, with it […]

    Turtle at Dusk

      This guy was right at the edge of the road in the Richard Bong State Recreational Area. I busted out a flash for the above two photos, with it […]

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  • Yet another deer at Whitnall Park. I hung around this one for a half hour, watching it graze. A couple times I was able to get about 8 feet away […]

    The Deer Park

    Yet another deer at Whitnall Park. I hung around this one for a half hour, watching it graze. A couple times I was able to get about 8 feet away […]

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  • Driving through Bender Park down by the lake, I saw this fella grazing about 20 feet off the road. I was able to get pretty close, but didn’t make very […]

    Young Buck

    Driving through Bender Park down by the lake, I saw this fella grazing about 20 feet off the road. I was able to get pretty close, but didn’t make very […]

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  • I spent 45 minutes this evening watching three deer grazing in the woods at Whitnall Park. For the most part, what they were after was on the ground or at […]

    Oh, deer.

    I spent 45 minutes this evening watching three deer grazing in the woods at Whitnall Park. For the most part, what they were after was on the ground or at […]

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  • The airport in Honolulu has a courtyard with tropical plants, which offered a few last-minute photographic opportunities before leaving. There were even lizards running around out there. I happened to […]

    Hawaii – Part 6

    The airport in Honolulu has a courtyard with tropical plants, which offered a few last-minute photographic opportunities before leaving. There were even lizards running around out there. I happened to […]

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  • This afternoon I was walking across a bridge over the Milwaukee River, and noticed these geese and ducks hanging out on the frozen river below. These are all of them. […]

    Birds On The River

    This afternoon I was walking across a bridge over the Milwaukee River, and noticed these geese and ducks hanging out on the frozen river below. These are all of them. […]

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  • Birds + Things covered in ice

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  • This squirrel was busy digging up acorns and didn’t seem bothered by me. I took 20 or so shots of him, this being the only sharp one. It was moving […]

    Squirrel!

    This squirrel was busy digging up acorns and didn’t seem bothered by me. I took 20 or so shots of him, this being the only sharp one. It was moving […]

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