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Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

I love that my kids enjoy nature.  My two sons, in particular, are really enthusiastic about insects and spiders at the moment.  So enthusiastic, in fact, that every spider in our house gets picked up and presented to me. “Dad! … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – January 31, 2013

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Another photo from the archives this week – June, 1996, in fact.  These cottonwood leaves were lying on the sandy bank of a small stream at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve.  A cluster of leaves had fallen from a … Continue reading →

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HOLD STILL!! Photographing Bees for Fun and Frustration

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

Photography is easy.  All you have to do is invest in a really good camera and be in the right place at the right time.  Or at least that’s what I’m told by people who aren’t photographers.  I always respond that … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – June 22, 2012

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One great thing about insects and spiders is that they can be found almost anywhere.  One great thing about kids is that they love to explore.  Putting those two together creates a terrific way to get kids interested in nature.  It’s been … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – June 15, 2012

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Milkweeds have very distinctive flowers, with unique shapes and features.  I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that their pollination story is equally interesting. First, milkweed flowers don’t produce thousands of of individual pollen grains that can each get carried away to other flowers by … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – June 1, 2012

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Two years ago, I photographed this little grasshopper nymph on a prairie wild rose at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve in north-central Nebraska.  It was a mid-June morning with heavy dew – a great time to photograph insects. This … Continue reading →

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How (Not) to Photograph Prairie Dogs – Part 1

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

I had it all planned out.  I’d scoped out the site, found the prairie dogs, and located an active burrow close to a road ditch with enough cover to conceal me and my camera.  I’d even built a kind of … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – March 22, 2012

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Beaver art? This week, I had some time to walk along the creek that runs through our Platte River Prairies.  As I was walking, I found this big cottonwood tree that had fallen over and subsequently had most of the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – March 16, 2012

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Sandhill cranes have filled the Platte River valley.   They’re in nearly every field within 5 miles (or more) of the river.  Bird watching is pretty easy when you just have to pull over to the side of the road to … Continue reading →

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Winter Cranes – Part Three

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

It sure looks like we’re going to have sandhill cranes around for the entire winter.  In fact, the consensus among biologists is that the number of cranes has actually grown over the last couple of weeks.  There was even a … Continue reading →

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