EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR – IUCN Conservation Status: DATA DEFFICIENT “How will I ever find the camouflaged animals?” I asked I have to give credit for this photo to my cat. We occasionally take him outside on a leash, and he lead me right over to this tree. I bumped my head against a branch, and […]
SAY’S FIREFLY – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Fireflies are bioluminescent, meaning they are able to light up At the end of June there was an explosion of fireflies in my backyard that cause me to take this photo. Some people call these bioluminescent creatures lightning bugs, while others call them fireflies. What’s great about […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN I saw this star chickweed just after crossing a stream I took this photo of a star chickweed while out on a hike at Eagle Creek Park. It had been raining intermittently as I moseyed along the trail. When I took this particular photograph, the rain had just stopped. I […]
IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN After some patience and steady watering, we began to have flowers bloom. This beaming photo of a sunflower was actually taken in my own backyard. Right at the beginning of April 2020, my wife and I moved to a new neighborhood in Indiana. Our backyard was large and flat, and […]