WHITE-TAILED DEER – No Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN There are extensive grasses in the park, but in the winter, they are golden in color. I took this photo of a sunset at Green Mountain Park while out for a hike with Landon, my dog, one Wednesday afternoon in January. Green Mountain Park is found in […]
Moon – No Conservation Status In 2020 more than 10.1 million acres of land were burned in California At first, I had no idea that I was looking at a wildfire sunset when the sun caught my eye the night that I took this photo. It was the middle of September in Indiana, and it […]
Moon – No Conservation Status I took this photo from the top of Haleakala in Maui I took this photo of the Moon while on top of a dormant volcano in a national park in Hawaii before sunrise on my wife’s birthday on our honeymoon. (That’s a lot of prepositions!) I believe this is the […]
EASTERN BOX TURTLE – IUCN Conservation Status: VULNERABLE Eastern box turtle populations are in decline The eastern box turtles population is in decline throughout the wold. I was lucky that I was able to see this species of turtle in one of the most western portions of its range. Jill and I were out for […]
DESERT IRONWOOD – IUCN Conservation Status: NEAR THREATENED Desert ironwood is experiencing a population decline This photo of a stack of desert ironwood branches was taken in Phoenix, Arizona. I was playing disc golf with my friend, Joe Babbino. The course was in the middle of the city, but it felt like you were in […]
Strawberry Flower: IUCN Conservation Status: INSUFFICIENT DATA I was picking upwards of 50 strawberries in a day! This strawberry flower was one of many exciting plants that grew in our yard this past year. My wife and I moved in during the month of April, and with each passing week a new plant seemed to […]
Ferns – IUCN Conservation Status: 64 Endangered Species The right angle took these unassuming ferns into a beautiful photo This month’s gallery is meant to highlight the photos that you can take in your own backyard. Surprisingly, all of my photos were taken within five feet of each other! Just off my deck is a […]
Eastern Redbud – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN With great luck I go this photo of icicles on an eastern redbud tree I have been thinking about this gallery since Matt and I planned it at the end of 2020. Looking back through my photos, I knew that I had two that I definitely wanted […]
This photo was taken only an inch away from the spider web I took this photo while only an inch or two away from this spider web. I had just been out for a run in the middle of the summer. I had finished one of my typical 3-6 mile runs that I like to […]
Scrawled Cowfish – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Notice the horns on the scrawled cowfish Scrawled Cowfish What catches your eye when you see this photo of a scrawled cowfish? For me it was two-fold: one, the mesmerizing blue and yellow pattern that covered the cowfish’s body, and two, the little horns that protrude from […]