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Spotted Eagle Ray flies through the water in Hawaii... 10 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
Earlier this summer, Rick, Matty and I visited Hawaii for the first time. We stayed on Maui and loved every minute we were there. We saw many new bird species, and through snorkeling (another first fo...
Holy Moly...lots of people love to paint birds! 29 Jul 2013 | 10:32 am
Matty and I had a blast today teaching bird lovers how to draw and paint birds at the Little Miami Scenic River and Trail Center. I had no idea there were so many people who wanted to learn how to pai...
A free bird painting workshop along the Little Miami River... 28 Jul 2013 | 08:33 am
If you are in downtown Loveland, OH this Sunday, July 28, stop by the Little Miami Scenic River and Trail Center and paint a few birds with me! Matty and I are volunteering this weekend to teach kids ...
...part 2 of the hungry little Green Heron 8 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
Part 2: I had so many cool photos of this juvenile Green Heron, I had to break the post into two installments (click here for part one). The video at the end shows him catching another fish and lickin...
Juvenile Green Heron licking his chops... 24 Jun 2013 | 09:23 am
This juvenile Green Heron was fun to watch. He would move slowly back and forth along a downed branch that hung over the mote at the Ibis Pond rookery on Pinckney Island in Hilton Head, SC looking for...
A tennis-loving Killdeer couple sets up house... 11 Jun 2013 | 10:25 am
Rick and Matty have been playing tennis at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, OH for the past couple of weekends and in the evenings during the week. The first weekend in June, all three of us...
Black Rat Snake in our side yard... 21 May 2013 | 09:27 am
Saturday afternoon Matty and I were walking in the side yard when we both saw a Black Rat snake alongside the rock path. He froze as soon as he saw us, and we watched him for a while. When I realized ...
Northern Leopard Frog at the Spring Valley Freshwater Fen 12 May 2013 | 07:27 am
It's easy to see where this Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) got its name. It's covered in spots just like a leopard. I photographed the cute little frog two weeks ago at the Spring Valley Wildlif...
Yellow-throated Vireo at Spring Valley Wildlife Area... 6 May 2013 | 08:33 am
Last Tuesday I spent the day at Spring Valley Wildlife Area. It was beautiful and warm, and newly arrived spring migrants were singing in the bright sunshine. We were looking for Spotted Turtles, hopi...
The gnatcatcher and the caterpillar... 29 Apr 2013 | 05:57 pm
While I sat in the grass watching a Red-shouldered Hawk's nest, this Blue-gray Gnatcatcher landed on a branch in a tree very close to me. I had been sitting still for a while, so maybe he didn't notic...
