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Photo of the Week – February 24, 2012

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This photo of frost was taken on the frozen surface of a stream in Lancaster County, Nebraska.  It makes me cold just looking at it.

Frost on an ice-covered stream. Lancaster County, Nebraska

Technically, we’ve got almost a month of winter left.  It sure doesn’t feel like it.  The snow has all melted and the forecast is calling for temperatures in the high 40’s and 50’s for the next week or so.  Sandhill cranes and geese appear to think spring is here too – they’re just pouring into the Platte River valley right now.  Pretty soon we’ll hear red-winged blackbirds singing (if you can call it that) on their territories and it’ll be official.

Photo of the Week – December 8, 2011

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Tuesday morning was on the chilly side.  When I woke up, it was clear, calm, and minus five degrees Fahrenheit.  In short, a perfect day to head out for some prairie photography!

A frosty seed head of Canada wild rye at a restored prairie on the campus of The Leadership Center - Aurora, Nebraska.

As the sun rose, I was tramping through the snow in a small restored prairie on the east side of Aurora.  I shared the prairie with a small flock of tree sparrows moving around the prairie and feeding on seeds from tall wildflowers and grasses.  There were also a few tracks of mice through the snow, and a great horned owl flushed from the wooded edge of the prairie as I walked in.  Otherwise, it was just me and a lot of frosty prairie plants.

I didn’t set out to photograph any particular thing, but I ended up focusing mainly on frozen flowers.  Below are a few of the images I came home with.  (Click on any photo to see a larger, sharper version of it.)

Entire-leaf rosinweed

New England aster

Tall boneset (Eupatorium altissimum)

Common evening primrose

Annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Canada wild rye