Nature Happenings:

Nature Happenings:
I spent the weekend and the past friday in the Boxley Valley photographing wildlife. On Saturday I was lucky and found the largest bull elk in the valley. He is hard to locate and stays pretty secluded. After this experience we went up a very sttep and ruff mountain backroad and lucked out again. We located three wolves and got great photographs. Great time in the Boston Mountains.

Rambling the back roads with a GPS has become a favorite way to find the unseen and unphotographed treasures of the backwoods.This barn was found somewhere between Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.

 

When I let myself wander in nature I am always amazed at the beauty I find. The "Old Well Shed and the New Spider Lilly's" were off the beaten path and hidden from the public. It was passed by people looking down but not seeing, listening and not hearing.

Hot and dry

I took a short trip into Arkansas this past weekend to find some wildlife and solitude. I found it too hot and dry and the souls that were out were not nature lovers but rude "Cabela Cowboys" these are the ones that show up driving fast, hike fast and throw their beer cans on the ground after they show their strength and mentality by smashing the can.
I was able to find one coyote and one deer, the coyote was in a dead run and the deer was at a distance. I will plan on waiting until a cool front and rain falls.

It seems that the kites have started making their move to the tropics, this morning I only viewed one.
I thought the threat of thunderstorms may have hindered their morning feeding, however, the sun is now shinning and still no kites. I sure hate to see them leave, it is like an old friend leaving.

Photo; Gator Hole

I love the excitement in finding a new gator hole and a new gator. This one shares this hole with a blunt tail I photographed earlier this summer.

"Buck on the Run"

I missed two photographs in the woods and wondered if he had come out of the woods around the curve, he did and I only got the butt shot.

Nature Happenings: Photo: "Beauty in an Insect"

Nature Happenings: Photo: "Beauty in an Insect": Have you ever watched a spider or an insect? You should try it sometime, hours of pleasure that cost nothing. It can be boring, if you want ...

Photo: "Beauty in an Insect"

Have you ever watched a spider or an insect? You should try it sometime, hours of pleasure that cost nothing. It can be boring, if you want it to be, but it can be a learning experience also. I would much rather watch an insect than listen to the moans and groans of someone with plastic thoughts. Look at the beauty in this insect, looks like someone took pains in painting it, someone did, God