My wife's a birdwatcher. When we hike together she's usually looking up with binoculars in hand while I'm looking around with camera in hand. I've never made much of an attempt to photograph birds because they're usually small, far away,…
My sister-in-law told my wife that she saw a Great Horned Owl in a tree in her neighbor's yard. During the day it mostly just sits way up in the tree and doesn't move around very much. She wondered if…
I went down to Kettle Pond yesterday afternoon to see how the Sandhill Cranes are doing. It had been 11 days since my last visit and I was anxious to see if they were still there and if both chicks…
They're only two days old and already the crane chicks are walking around having dinner with their parents. I don't know about you but this seems amazing to me. I'm not sure I like what's on the menu, however!
Last year I heard about some sandhill cranes nesting in our neighborhood. I had a lot of fun photographing them and watching the chicks grow. If you're interested you can read the old posts -- see The Crane Wife and Family (5/11/12),…
I don't usually think about turkeys unless it's November, but a recent walk in Owen Conservation Park brought me face to face with a group of them. Now, I've seen turkeys in this park before, but never during the spring when,…
We've known about a fox in our neighborhood for a couple years or so. We've occasionally seen it trotting down the road; one of our neighbors has also seen it several times. Until recently, however, I've never had a chance to…
Since we first saw the Sandhill Cranes nesting in our neighborhood on 5/4/12, we've been going down to the pond almost every day to watch them. Word quickly spread about the baby cranes so other people are now down there almost…
My wife is a bird watcher. She says that she's not very good but I'm always impressed by how much she knows. She's had a lot of fun this week because she heard about a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were…