Very nice White Tail deer buck

Taken with Canon 40D and 400 mm f5.6 hand held. Click to enlarge.

Close up of Turkey Vulture

Who could not find him attractive ? taken with Canon 40D and 400mm f5.6 

Jacks Riffle in the Winter

This picture reveals the bluff which is not visible in the "leaved out" months. This hole is  beautiful refuge for large Rainbow and Brown trout.

Hay, Hay, and more hay

after a very wet growing season in 2008, these rolls stashed just off Highway 14.

Rewind - Kelly Ford Float mid-September 2008

This looks so nice right now; in the throws of January 2009. Picture also shows the standing waves in the small rapid below Kelly Ford. Click to enlarge.

Northern Cardinal January 1, 2009

Taken with Canon EOS 5D and a 200mm F2.8 lens with a 1.4x TC (280mm). Although this picture was taken in Kirkwood, MO, at my home, the Northern Cardinal is one of those common year-round birds in Missouri and especially at River of Life Farm, that you can always see or hear. Happy New Year !!

September Morning at Whispering Pines Cabin

at ROLF; with the dawning sun filtering through the pine trees. There was fog in the valley and a pine tar aroma penetrated the cabin. There are few birds to hear by the end of September but the woodpeckers were busy pounding nuts into crevices in almost every tree for a long winter store. In August and September the the North Fork's narrow valleys, dense fog is quite common until the sun and morning breezes move it away about 9-10 AM. Taken with Canon EOS 5D. One near dawn and one 30 minutes after sun-up.