exploring nature’s infinite connections
Ever since first reporting on this owl at the end of January, today marked my 5th time coming back to this spot to see if I could catch the owl perched in a clearing. I had taken some photographs before, but this owl likes to keep tucked away in these red pines pretty...
I was sent a link to a very interesting site today, dedicated to the study of the wolf and moose population on Isle Royale. For those of you not familiar with Michigan's UP area - this is an island on the western end of Lake Superior. There are some facinating photo...
"How sharper than a sermon's truth it must have been for many human beings when they learned that bottle-nosed Dolphins may, in time, succeed battle-poised Man as the master species on earth. This prophecy is implicit in the findings of those scientists who have been...
Returning today to the shopping mecca of snowy owl sightings was an effort in frustration. Yep, there before dawn with not another soul around - and four and a half hours later of looking, it was time to call it quits. I absolutely hate coming home empty handed after...
Strange concept to think about huh? Perhaps not completely, but changing your light bulbs in your house actually will help. This is one of the simple things in reducing our electricity bills, along with ALOT of other changes every one of us can do to help ease the...
I finally got out shooting today after a bit of a dry spell. I was pleasantly treated to a rather large number of ducks congregating, migrating, partying.. whatever causes so many of them to get together like this. I have often wondered from some birding reports when...
When we hear the words contraband, militias, informants, mafia, and the black market - perhaps the first images that appear in our minds are of drug smugglers and arms dealers. But did you know that the illegal smuggling of wildlife is thought to be only just behind...
Occasionally I tend to wander through my image archives and discover quite a few images actually that I haven't processed for the website. Just like a bird preening, perhaps there is a grain of sand I haven't plucked out yet. A friend jokingly said one day - "hey, you...
Frans Lanting, one of my favorite nature photographers, has a new book entitled Life: Journey through Time. My copy hasn't arrived yet, but this work features his comparisons of visual parallels of life on our planet. To get a glimse of some of the incredible imagery...