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More Ice

February 21st, 2008 by Ethan

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Not very exciting…I know.

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White-Tailed Deer

February 18th, 2008 by Ethan

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

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2007 Rewind – January/More Winter Stuff

February 17th, 2008 by Ethan

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A field near the West Nishnabotna river.

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

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A Dark-eyed Junco scratching the ground.

There it is. 2007 reviewed. Carry on.

Posted in birds, southwest Iowa | 4 Comments

2007 Rewind – February/Backyard Birds

February 15th, 2008 by Ethan

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A flock of Meadowlarks in my yard on a cold morning.

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A Rusty Blackbird. I don’t see many of these birds.

Not much going on in February but some birds.

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2007 Rewind – March/Spring Arrives

February 12th, 2008 by Ethan

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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.

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Inside the snow cave.

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An early spring sunset in southwest Iowa.

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Pokey resting in the grass.

Posted in other stuff, southwest Iowa, weather | 2 Comments

2007 Rewind – April/Birds, Bullheads, & A Butterfly

February 10th, 2008 by Ethan

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An Eastern Towhee at Foothills Park in Mills county.

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Canada Geese at Glenwood Lake Park.

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A swarming school of bullheads.

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A weather-beaten Mourning Cloak, recently emerged from hibernation. It amazes me how these butterflies are able to sleep through the winter without being frozen to death.

April was especially nice after enduring a tough couple of months of winter weather.

April was also the month I said goodbye to my Blogspot login woes and started up this WordPress blog. WordPress is so much more enjoyable to use. I wish I had made the switch sooner.

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2007 Rewind – May/A Long Distance Traveler, A Robin, A Crowing Rooster, & Some Fungus Among Us

February 9th, 2008 by Ethan

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This was the first Monarch I saw last spring. I posted an open-wing photo last May. I’ve wanted a photo of one of these tattered travelers for a long time.

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The lens was partially obscured by a tree branch blowing in the wind. That’s why it looks green. Not exactly the effect I was going for, but I like it anway.

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Terry, crowing his little heart out. He’s a nice rooster. He hardly ever attacks people, and even then they’re mostly just scared. Mostly.

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I thought it was a puffball growing by my compost bin – until it popped and there was nothing inside. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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A strange little puffball-type mushroom I found in my yard. If you know what it is, let me know.

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I found this one when I was out mushroom hunting last May. It appears to be from the previous summer.

May 2007 was a very photographically diverse month for me – a grass fire, flooding, fighter planes, plus all the usual stuff. And I almost got a funnel cloud too !!

Posted in birds, butterflies, macro, nature, other stuff | No Comments

2007 Rewind – June/Late Spring Stormclouds, A Redwing, & A Pesky Gopher

February 8th, 2008 by Ethan

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A line of storm clouds approach as the sun sets.

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A Red-winged Blackbird giving me the business.

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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.

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2007 Rewind – July/Avery Pyramids,A Mean Looking Katydid, & A Noisy Catbird

February 6th, 2008 by Ethan

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The Avery Pyramids were constructed in 1939 by Axel Peterson, editor of the Avery Boomer newspaper. They are located in Hickory Grove cemetery in Monroe county, Iowa.

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A mean looking katydid in my yard.

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The catbirds are always pestering me when I’m out with the camera. I’ll pick a shady spot to hold still for a while and I usually don’t have to wait long for the harassment to begin.

I got some fantastic photos of the Avery Pyramids in July. Some great bird & butterfly photos as well. I had a hard time choosing which ones to include here.

Posted in birds, insects & spiders, other stuff | 2 Comments

2007 Rewind – August/Butterflies

February 5th, 2008 by Ethan

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A Mourning Cloak feeds on an old banana.

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A Monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant.

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A Question Mark butterfly takes a break from feeding on tomato peels in my compost bin.

August was a great month for butterflies last year. Even though I never got around to posting any, I got quite a few nice photos.

Posted in butterflies | 2 Comments

2007 Rewind – September/Skippers, Spiders, & a Bunny

February 4th, 2008 by Ethan

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A Fiery Skipper on a Mexican Sunflower.

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Life isn’t all nectar & sunshine for little butterflies. Quite a few garden spiders set up housekeeping in the row of zinnias I planted along the edge of my garden.

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I spent several evenings earning the trust of this young bunny, who usually did’nt leave the cover of the tall weeds until after sunset.

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2007 Rewind – October/Cruising the Backroads

February 1st, 2008 by Ethan

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

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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.

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