I shot this from the observation tower at Pony Creek park on a foggy day last Fall.

The trees in my yard.

The West Nishnabotna bridge on the Wabash Trace.

I used a B+W 093 (87C) infrared filter for these photos.

A foggy morning at Glenwood Lake Park. I shot these last September.

A couple from last summer. This storm produced a small tornado near Elliot, IA.

Interesting stuff to look at, but that’s about all I can say for it.

Autumn in Mills county.

Getting some photos of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was my number one photographic goal for the summer. I often hear the thrilling call of these elusive birds, but rarely do I catch more than a glimpse as they fly about my yard and the surrounding area.

Last Sunday I had the most wonderful sighting a birdwatcher could ask for - but the camera was just out of reach, and the bird flew when I moved. I moved to a new location in my yard and sat down for an hour of mosquito swatting. Curiosity eventually got the better of the Cuckoo and it had to come see what I was doing & scold me (the second photo) for good measure.

I’ve heard them around alot this week and I’ve been out a few times with the camera, but the birds have not been cooperating. I hope to set up my blind and stake-out some large clusters of web worms later in the summer, as cuckoos love to eat fuzzy caterpillars.

A storm cell from about 100 miles away.

A morel mushroom at an undisclosed location

I found this small tree yesterday at Foothills Park that was scraped by deer and the sap had attracted Mourning Cloaks, Question Marks, a Red Admiral, and several flies.

A doe munching on last year’s flowers at The Davies Amphitheater at Glenwood Lake Park.

A field near the West Nishnabotna river.

A White-breasted Nuthatch flies off with a sunflower seed.

A Dark-eyed Junco scratching the ground.

There it is. 2007 reviewed. Carry on.

The snow drifted so deep we had to dig a trail for the chickens. Sadly, all but two chickens were killed by raccoons over the summer.

Inside the snow cave.

An early spring sunset in southwest Iowa.

Pokey resting in the grass.

A line of storm clouds approach as the sun sets.

A Red-winged Blackbird giving me the business.

Here’s a tip for the aspiring gopher photographer: Get between the gopher and the late day sun and it won’t see you (as long as you don’t move) when its head is out of the hole.

June was a great month. Three of the photos I entered in the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce photo contest were chosen for the stone coaster set. The winners were the public library, post office, & Davies Amphitheater photos.

A spot of color along a dirt road in the Loess Hills.

One of the many bridges along the Wabash Trace bike trail in southwest Iowa.

October is my favorite month for cruising the backroads of southern Iowa.

Alright. It’s cold, windy, & gloomy outside and I don’t have anything new that’s worth uploading.
Let’s have another look at 2007 and a bunch of photos I never got around to posting…

Aside from Christmas, all I can remember about December 2007 is alot of ice & fog. How many ice storms were there ? Five or six ? I lost count.

Ice encrusted honeysuckle berries.

A very foggy morning at Mile Hill Lake.

Looking down from the bluff at West Oak Forest in the Loess Hills near Glenwood.

Rapid snow melt resulted in foggy conditions across parts of Mills county yesterday afternoon.

I’ve been wanting to get a shot of this old pump, but the background just did’nt work for me. Zero visibility solved the problem.

Tip of the Day: When it’s foggy, turn your automobile’s headlights on.

Tip of the Day for Old Farts in Pickups: When it’s foggy, stop at stop signs.

The West Nishnabotna River bridge on the Wabash Trace, southeast of Malvern, Iowa.

Another photo from the same foggy day.

A very foggy morning at Pony Creek Park in Mills county.

A sunny Sunday morning with hoar frost in the trees.

An old electric pole along the Wabash Trace in Mills county.

An old farm as seen from the Wabash Trace.

An old ruin I drive past all the time.

I shot this one from my yard a couple of weeks ago.

Early Autumn along the Wabash Trace between Silver City and Malvern.

A shot from earlier this summer.

I shot this ten minutes after the sun rose on a very cold morning in early March. It was -9° F / -23° C by my thermometer.

Davies Amphitheater at Glenwood Park. I entered this one in the chamber of commerce photo contest.

Another photo I entered in the chamber of commerce contest.

One of several photos I submitted to the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce photo contest.

I shot this one handheld with my 20D and Sigma 80-400 EX OS.

ISO 1600
1/20
F/4.5
80 mm

Same fountain, different angle.

ISO 100
2 sec.
F/8
200 mm

The fountain at Glenwood Lake Park.

ISO 400
1/13
F/2.8
70 mm

A storm cell approaches the Nishnabotna valley.

A nice spring day in southwest Iowa.

Flooded farm fields on the left and the West Nishnabotna River on the right.

A line of thunderstorms moves across the already flooded Nishnabotna valley. I shot this last Sunday. Thankfully, it’s been dry since then.

The West Nishnabotna River out of its banks following very heavy rainfall.

There was alot of rotation in this storm cloud yesterday evening. It almost formed a funnel cloud several times before it broke up. It was an eerie sight.

Just a rusty old windmill.