EAGLE

"Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream."
I never get tired of watching for these awesome birds.

WINTER FLOWER

“A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.”

MUSKRAT

"Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that."


















Muskrats are not shy, that's what I love about theses little creatures.

EAGLES

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."
Good to see the young eagle is back this year.

CARDINAL AND FRIEND

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
Some birds stay all winter long, I'm glad the Northern Cardinal is one of them.

NESTING

"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things."
Beautiful sights on a cold winter's day.

GREAT HORNED OWL

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.




Not only did I see him, I woke him up.

RED SHOULDERED HAWK

“If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.”

There was even a red shoulder hawk out, on the bird hunt this morning.

CARDINAL

“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Love cardinals in the winter time.

HOME OF THE WHITE HAWK

"With positive goals, attitude and desire, any obstacle can be overcome."
If you are lucky like me, you could spot a white hawk anywhere.

RED-TAILED COUPLE

“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Here's a closer look.

EAGLES

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”





















And here is the reason I love the season.

SUNRISE

“With each sunrise, we start anew”






















As the moon set the sunrise was not far behind.

LUNAR ECLIPSE

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” December 10, 2011, the lunar eclipse was on the horizon for a few minutes then disappeared like it was melting.

SEAGUL

“No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly."


Not my favorite bird when its hanging in a parking lot. Seeing them fish gives you a whole new out look on their beauty.

TURKEYS

"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember."

Seeing the turkeys with their tails up, is something I will never forget. It only took seven years to finally see them strutting around like this.

BELTED KING FISHER

"Do what you love and love what you do." Waiting for the sun to rise is one of the things, I love to do..

GREAT BLUE HERON

"It is not length of life, but depth of life."

Fishing in he's favorite spot.

FALL FOLIAGE

"I love the season changes."






















Everyday there's a different sight to see along this river road.

GREAT EGRET

"May you live all the days of your life."














I wish I could fish, all day long.

WOOD DUCKS

“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck”
They're wood ducks to be exact. They have to be the most brilliant ducks I have ever seen.

FALL FLOWERS

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.”
The last of the fall flowers.

HUNTERS MOON

"Your life is what your thoughts make it."
The hunters/harvest moon is so big and bright. cast moon shadows kind of night.

SUNRISE

"While there's life, there's hope."

Watching the fog clear as the sun comes up.

WILD TURKEYS

"Life well spent is long."
This little turkey has his feather in a real ruffle.

MALLARD DUCKS

“Like a duck out of water”

BELTED KING FISHER

“Reality challenges and rewards. I believe our best days are yet to come.”

This is such a cool bird. I love to see him dive in and get a fish.

RED-TAILED HAWK

“Our best thoughts come from others.” These are my favorite rapture birds..nothing wrong with staking hawks.

BUTTERFLY

"Life is the sum of all your choices".

Not sure, Butterfly or Moth?

DRAGONFLY

"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third".


The dragonflies are always so busy. Really hard to get a good shot of them.

DRAGONFLY

"Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude".

























The green one's are really cool.

MOTH

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself".
This is one of the pretties moths I have ever seen.

BUTTERFLY

"Beauty has a lot to do with character".
Butterflies everywhere along this wild flower path.

BANANA SPIDER

"If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive."

These guys remind me of back home. We use to catch grasshoppers and throw them into the web. It was awesome to see the spider wrap it up.

BUTTERFLY

"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies."

I tried looking up what kind of butterflies I have captured. But, I gave up, there are just to many.

MOTH

"Love is like a butterfly, hold it too tight, it'll crush. Hold it too loose, it'll fly".
Moth or butterfly which ever you may be. You flutter around so beautifully, that's all that matters to me.

MOTH

“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Look close there are two of them. Nothing like mixing work with pleasure.

DRAGONFLY

"Not all that sparkles is gold."
Dragonflies are beautiful creatures.