Lower Antelope Canyon Flash flooding can occur even when there isn’t any rainfall locally Lion’s Head is one of the most iconic photo subjects in Lower Antelope Canyon. I was fortunate enough to take this photo while on a guided tour through the canyon, which is the only way that you can visit this slot […]
Havasupai Tribe The Havasupai Tribe refers to themselves as the “People of the Blue Green Water” The trail down to Havasu Falls begins at Hualapai Hilltop which overlooks Hualapai Canyon. The canyon rim sits 5,200 feet, nearly one mile, above the canyon floor. After 8 miles of hiking, you are rewarded with one of the […]
Havasupai Tribe Website This means that it comes from a time span of 47 million years The hike into Hualapai Canyon is one that is full of beauty. The rock strata of Hualapai Canyon are diverse and cover many millennia. The top layer is Kaibab Formation. Below this is Toroweap Formation. Then comes Coconino Sandstone. […]
Swift Feather-Legged Fly – Bug Guide Look in grasslands, hedge rows, and crops, which they are likely to inhabit This photo of a swift feather-legged fly was taken in my backyard. The fly was staying around as I was cutting zucchini off the vine. There were a few in the garden, but this one was […]
Black Blister Beetle – Bug Guide Through most of this portion of the Rio Grande, there are sweeping canyon walls on either side of the river I would not have guessed that I would see this black blister beetle while on a canoe trip on the Rio Grande. We were staying in Big Bend National […]
Large Milkweed Bug – Bug Guide Aposematism is when an organism advertises to its predators that it is not worth eating Unsurprisingly this photo of a large milkweed bug was taken on a milkweed plant. Their common name is in fact “large milkweed bug”. The scientific name for this insect is Oncopeltus fasciatus. The geographic […]
Groundhog – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks This fun little rodent is called a groundhog. I had rented a supertelephoto lens one day, and I was out looking to take photos of birds. Then looking off to the left, I saw a groundhog scurrying about in the woods. With great […]
Lilies – Wildflower Center Lilies can grow to be 1 to 6 feet tall! A common flower encountered in the Midwest is the lily. Lilies have the scientific name of Lilium, is a Latin word which comes from the Greek word leirion. The Greek word comes from the Egyptian word for Flower. Lilies grow in southern […]
American robin – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern The scientific name for the America robin is Turdus migratorius Pictured here are several robin eggs sitting in a tree about four feet off the ground. I chose this picture because when I think Midwest bird, I immediately think of the American robin. I wanted to use this […]
What inspired you to become a photographer? It was not a conscious decision, and not something that I fully realized what was happening at the time. But I found that I was the one who had the camera, and I was the one who brought it out for birthday parties and carried it along on […]