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Tag Archives: winter
Photo of the Week – February 28, 2013
Here’s a photo interpretation puzzle for you. Last Saturday, I was hiking through the fresh snow in a small local prairie when I found this interesting print. Clearly the print was made by a bird, but what kind, and what was it doing? … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Animals, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged bird, hawk, nature photo, photography, print, snow, sparrow, tracks, winter
13 Comments
Photo of the Week – February 21, 2013
This photo reminds me of something, but I can’t figure out what it is. Help? The photo shows melting snow crystals around the edge of some prairie grass. You can’t see the grass because I focused in very closely on … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged frost, grassland, ice pattern, macro photo, melting snow, prairie, snow crystals, winter
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Photo of the Week – February 14, 2013
It’s a tough time of year to be a wildflower photographer. The first spring flowers are still months away, and fall flowers are a distant memory. What’s a guy to do? Gotta make the best of things, I guess. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged close-up photo, flower, frost, macro photography, nature photo, rosinweed, seed head, winter
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Photo of the Week – January 17, 2013
Ok, I know milkweed seeds have been done to death by photographers. I, personally, have somewhere around a zillion milkweed seed photos. But milkweed seeds in the winter? With hoar frost? And a snowy background? That’s just magic. How can … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged asclepias, close-up photography, frost, grassland, hoar frost, macro photography, milkweed, milkweed seeds, photography, prairie, seed pods, winter
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Photo of the Week – January 10, 2013
Portholes in the snow. Early morning hoar frost, calm winds, and a hazy sunrise got me out the door with my camera Tuesday morning. I found plenty to photograph, including frosty milkweed seeds, mouse tracks, and lots more. But it … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged aurora, close-up photography, frost, grassland, hoar frost, ice, macro photography, nebraska, portholes in the snow, prairie, snow, windows in the snow, winter
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Photo of the Week – January 3, 2013
This photo was taken several years ago outside the house of my in-laws in eastern Nebraska. I don’t usually photograph birds, but I was there and the birds were there, and one thing led to another… It was snowing, but … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Animals, Prairie Photography
Tagged bird, birds, nebraska, red belly woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, snow, winter, woodpecker
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Happy New (Dry) Year – 2013
Happy New Year! It sure is nice to start 2013 with some moisture on the ground. Let’s hope we get some more… Ecologically speaking, the biggest local story in 2012 was the dry weather. In fact, our nearest “large” city, Grand Island, Nebraska had … Continue reading
Frosty Morning Walk
We got our first real snow of the season last week. Early Friday morning, I braved the icy roads and made it to our Platte River Prairies in time for a sunrise walk. It was a beautiful morning. The temperature … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged den, frozen wetland, hoar frost, hole, ice, meadowlark, nature blog, nature photo, nature photo blog, nebraska, photo blog, photography, prairie, prairie wetland, winter
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Photo of the Week – December 6, 2012
Every now and then, the light is so spectacular, it’s almost the duty of a photographer to stop and take photos. The photo below was taken on my way home from work one late afternoon last December. There was such … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged grassland, photography, prairie, switchgrass, winter
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Insects After a Hard Freeze
In last week’s Photo of the Week post, I mentioned that I’d spent part of a morning photographing white fluffy seeds in autumn prairie. (It’s not a bad life, all things considered.) As I walked that morning, I noticed how … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged antifreeze, assassin bug, caterpillar, cold weather, diapause, dormant, freeze, grassland, insects, invertebrates, overwinter, prairie, seeds, winter
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