by Dave | May 5, 2010 | Fauna
by Dave | Apr 3, 2010 | Fauna, Spring
The first ladybug of Spring popped into the picture when I stopped along a Cowley County, Kansas country road to photograph henbit.
by Dave | Mar 18, 2010 | Fauna, Spring
The sun is warming the new blossoms in our front yard. It’s too pretty to work through spring break so I’m taking a bit of vacation time, studying the first bee to visit. It’s a miraculous event, this parade of emerging new life before us.
by Dave | Feb 6, 2010 | Fauna, Winter
Kansas Farm Pond – Moving slowly, I attempted to sneak up on hundreds of buoyant Canada geese this week. A few crunchy steps in the winter grass was enough to put them all to flight. It was a grand sight, full of crazy noise as they spread the alarm.
by Dave | Oct 18, 2009 | Fauna
This massasauga rattlesnake was minding his own business along a country road west of Hamilton, Kansas. I wish I’d annoyed him enough to get him into a coiled, read-to-strike position, but he was just warming up on a long overdue sunny day. I sure wouldn’t...
by Dave | Sep 24, 2009 | Fauna
I believe this is a banded garden spider, a member of genus argiope, as is the more common golden garden spider. They both have the trademark Z patterned web decoration. This spider was found, preparing for lunch, along a roadside in west Osage county, Kansas.
by Dave | Sep 20, 2009 | Fauna, sunflowers, Wildflowers
Maximillian sunflowers in the wildlife area, north of Lyon County fishing lake.Nikon D300 w/ Sigma 70mm macro
by Dave | Jul 20, 2009 | Fauna
South of Medicine Lodge in Barber County, Kansas
by Dave | Jul 12, 2009 | Fauna, Human, Kansas Culture
portrayed by Dr. Joyce Thierer of Ride into History. photographed near Admire, Kansas
by Dave | Jun 17, 2009 | Fauna, Symphony in the Flint Hills
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2009 – I’m often surprised by how large some of these behemoth horses are, up close. There were some gorgeous animals under the cowboys and pulling wagons at the symphony event this year. The Symphony in the Flint Hills...
