A fly basks in the last rays of the setting sun.

A gopher in my yard. Unfortunately.

Same fountain, different angle.

ISO 100
2 sec.
F/8
200 mm

A top-down view of a purple coneflower.

A close-up of a Canada Thistle bloom.

A Banded Hairstreak on a cluster of milkweed flowers.

The fountain at Glenwood Lake Park.

ISO 400
1/13
F/2.8
70 mm

A Red-Tailed Hawk in flight.

A Red-Tailed Hawk taking flight.

A hawk sits on a fence near Willow Slough.

A Canada thistle in my yard.

A pair of honey locust seed pods caught on the branch of an elm tree.

The spillway at Willow Slough. It was very loud.

From Willow Slough – It’s a red-sided garter snake, not a western ribbon snake like I originally posted.

Thanks to Jeff at HerpNet for identifying this snake.

This carp was swimming below the spillway at Willow Slough.

A storm cell approaches the Nishnabotna valley.

A Red Admiral sits on the chimney in the early evening light.

It was getting dark when I shot this long-eared galoot.

ISO 3200
1/60
f/5.6
400 mm