Wildlife

White-tailed Deer Bucks In Velvet With Wildflowers

By |May 31st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was very happy to find about a dozen and a half White-tailed Deer to photograph on my last visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge earlier this week on a bright sunny morning.

Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By |May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly At Tishomingo NWR

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing this Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly photo I took two days ago at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. This was my last subject of the morning.

Common Buckeye Butterfly Resting On Grass

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I am sharing a beautiful Common Buckeye butterfly that I photographed on the last day of April at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Birds and Wildlife From Arkansas And Sequoyah NWR In Oklahoma

By |May 6th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue-winged Teals, Carolina Chickadees, Common Five-lined Skinks, Coyotes, Fox Squirrels, Great Horned Owls, House Finches, Northern Cardinals, Northern Flickers, Oklahoma, Painted Lady Butterflies, Pine Siskins, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Three-toed Box Turtles, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing a bunch of bird and wildlife photos that I have recently photographed in my friend Steve's yard in Arkansas, and from Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma.

Foggy Start To An April Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |April 18th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, there was a foggy start to a morning of bird and wildlife photography at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. I really didn't mind the fog much at all.

My Lifer Northern Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin Photos

By |April 15th, 2024|Categories: Northern Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I took photos of my lifer adult Northern Cottonmouth, aka Water Moccasin, on one of the roads there.

Red Fox Kit Photos

By |March 14th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bad weather and bad timing have kept me out of the field for a bit. Today, I am sharing some cute Red Fox kit photos I took almost a year after I moved to Utah.

White-tailed Deer Does Plus A Fawn At Sequoyah NWR

By |March 6th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed these White-tailed Deer does with a fawn last June at Reeve's Slough, which is part of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

World Wildlife Day 2024

By |March 3rd, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark County, Conservation, Great Basin Bumble Bees, House Wrens, Idaho, Long-horned Bees, Moose, Targhee National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Every March 3, the world comes together to honor World Wildlife Day, a global occasion that pays tribute to the astounding array of life inhabiting our planet.

American Bison Whispering Secrets

By |February 8th, 2024|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I'm sharing a photo of an American Bison that appeared to be whispering secrets to another bison that I photographed on Antelope Island State Park.

Aerial Yellowjacket Nest In The Wasatch Mountains

By |October 11th, 2023|Categories: Aerial Yellowjackets, Summit County, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I first found and photographed this Aerial Yellowjacket nest in August, high in the Wasatch Mountains. Now that the leaves have fallen, I can see it better.

Black-footed Drone Fly On Rabbitbrush

By |October 7th, 2023|Categories: Black-footed Drone Flies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While out in the West Desert two days ago, I photographed this adult Black-footed Drone Fly, a member of the hoverfly family, on a rabbitbrush.

Cabbage White Butterfly Photos

By |September 23rd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I'm sharing a few photos of male Cabbage White butterflies and Common Sunflowers that I took last Sunday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Male Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly Photos

By |September 14th, 2023|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I last visited Farmington Bay WMA, I found flights of Variegated Meadowhawk dragonflies on the wing and resting, near and on Goose Egg Island.

Jagged Ambush Bug Pictures

By |September 9th, 2023|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Jagged Ambush Bugs, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip to Farmington Bay WMA, I stopped to photograph wild Common Sunflowers near the nature center and spotted a Jagged Ambush Bug on one of them.

Late Summer Long-tailed Weasel Photos

By |September 8th, 2023|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Long-tailed Weasels, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was super excited to take Long-tailed Weasel photos yesterday morning while I was looking for birds to photograph at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

Day At Mount Magazine State Park With Steve Creek

By |August 26th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Eastern Cottontails, Logan County, Mount Magazine State Park, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've been meaning to share these images taken on a June day spent with my dear friend Steve Creek from Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas for weeks.

Weidemeyer’s Admiral Butterfly In The Uinta Mountains

By |August 19th, 2023|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Video, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to photograph this Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly two days ago while I was with April Olson high in the stunning forests of the Uinta Mountains.

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