It’s been fun watching the cardinals pair up for spring.  It looks like the male brings the female bits of food some of the time. I  just hope to be able to find nests of eggs to (carefully) photograph soon! On Today’s Date in the Past: One Thing, Three Ways:  The Winery SF One Thing, […]

These quail run all over the Sonoran Desert and are pretty darn cool, but they are awfully hard to capture with a camera.  While this isn’t the best framed, crispest photo I’ve ever taken, I love that I captured a matched set of a male (front) and female (behind). You Might Also Enjoy: Other Sonoran […]

I took these shots from farther than I would have liked.  In a snow storm.  They are not as sharp or as impressive as I would have liked, but I wanted to share them for feedback nonetheless. What do you think?  Any tips for next time?   Duck Photo #1.  A mama mallard duck waddles […]

Try as I might, I have had a hard time finding baby ducks to photograph here Somewhere-in-the-Middle-of-the-USA.  On a recent duck hunting trip to Lake Lenexa, the mating pair was having Date Night and left the “kids” at home.  I checked all the usual locations along the Indian Creek on a recent walk and was about to […]

It took me a little while to find the mating pair of ducks at Lake Lenexa last night.  When I did, it appears that they were out at dinner for date night and had hired a sitter, because there weren’t any ducklings in tow.  Bummer! You Might Also Enjoy: Mama Duck Ducks in a Row Finally, a […]