There isn't much activity at the Salt Pond along the Ferrari Pond Trail this time of year. But a lone Snowy Egret was gulping down something it had found in the shallow pond as I approached the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/19/2025-december-at-the-salt-pond/
There isn't much activity at the Salt Pond along the Ferrari Pond Trail this time of year. But a lone Snowy Egret was gulping down something it had found in the shallow pond as I approached the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/19/2025-december-at-the-salt-pond/
Last May in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I saw and photographed a Badger for the first time. The Badger was in the process of digging a burrow in the middle of a large, grassy field and she looked up at us with curiosity. She…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/18/2025-badger/
Last May in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I saw and photographed a Badger for the first time. The Badger was in the process of digging a burrow in the middle of a large, grassy field and she looked up at us with curiosity. She…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/18/2025-badger/
A Great Blue Heron wades in a shallow pond at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida this past February and waits for something in the water to catch its eye for a meal. I thought the light was especially lovely as…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/17/2025-wading-and-waiting/
A Great Blue Heron wades in a shallow pond at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida this past February and waits for something in the water to catch its eye for a meal. I thought the light was especially lovely as…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/17/2025-wading-and-waiting/
This pair of Burrowing Owls was in the middle of a soccer field at Brian Piccolo Sports Park in Cooper City, Florida in February. Some of the soccer fields were closed to soccer as the owls had burrowed into the sandy…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/16/2025-burrowing-owls/
This pair of Burrowing Owls was in the middle of a soccer field at Brian Piccolo Sports Park in Cooper City, Florida in February. Some of the soccer fields were closed to soccer as the owls had burrowed into the sandy…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/16/2025-burrowing-owls/
It's been a while since the sun has shone here. It's been gloomy, dank, and cold and the fog clings low to the ground. Yesterday, when I climbed up the path to Ferrari Pond, the logs where egrets and cormorants…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/15/2025-the-gloom-continues/
It's been a while since the sun has shone here. It's been gloomy, dank, and cold and the fog clings low to the ground. Yesterday, when I climbed up the path to Ferrari Pond, the logs where egrets and cormorants…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/15/2025-the-gloom-continues/
A few Hooded Mergansers are hanging around Ferrari Pond. I've been told that there are even a couple of pairs that swim in the pond above the waterfall that I walk by each morning. However, to get to them…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/14/2025-more-from-the-pond/
A few Hooded Mergansers are hanging around Ferrari Pond. I've been told that there are even a couple of pairs that swim in the pond above the waterfall that I walk by each morning. However, to get to them…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/14/2025-more-from-the-pond/
The scenery is spectacular whether you're inside Yellowstone National Park or as in this photograph, outside the park in Paradise Valley, on the road between the North entrance to the park and Livingston,…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/13/2025-the-icing-on-the-cake/
The scenery is spectacular whether you're inside Yellowstone National Park or as in this photograph, outside the park in Paradise Valley, on the road between the North entrance to the park and Livingston,…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/13/2025-the-icing-on-the-cake/
Even on a spring day in the Palouse, there is plenty of drama in the clouds. As the clouds merged and then drifted apart, they created small openings that allowed the sun to reach through to reveal the argyle patterns left by…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/12/2025-cloud-drama/
Even on a spring day in the Palouse, there is plenty of drama in the clouds. As the clouds merged and then drifted apart, they created small openings that allowed the sun to reach through to reveal the argyle patterns left by…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/12/2025-cloud-drama/
Yesterday and today I've been attending an on-line landscape photography workshop through KelbyOne. Landscape photography is not my strong suit and I am always interested in learning new approaches that will improve my…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/10/2025-intimate-scenic/
Yesterday and today I've been attending an on-line landscape photography workshop through KelbyOne. Landscape photography is not my strong suit and I am always interested in learning new approaches that will improve my…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/10/2025-intimate-scenic/
Z9#2 The Rivoli's Hummingbird, one of the largest hummingbirds in North America at 5 inches, is my favorite hummingbird that I see at Madera Canyon in Arizona. His loud, slow hum, that sounds like a…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/09/2025-the-magnificent-rivolis/
Z9#2 The Rivoli's Hummingbird, one of the largest hummingbirds in North America at 5 inches, is my favorite hummingbird that I see at Madera Canyon in Arizona. His loud, slow hum, that sounds like a…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/09/2025-the-magnificent-rivolis/
For what seems like an eternity, the Valley has been gloomy, overcast with dense morning fog, and with that damp, bone chilling cold that accompanies the fog this time of year. In contrast, communities in the foothills…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/08/2025-above-the-fog/
For what seems like an eternity, the Valley has been gloomy, overcast with dense morning fog, and with that damp, bone chilling cold that accompanies the fog this time of year. In contrast, communities in the foothills…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/08/2025-above-the-fog/
A trio of Double-crested Cormorants gathered on the dead stump in the middle of Ferrari Pond the other morning. The bird in the middle was drying its wings. It is common to see Cormorants with their wings outstretched, drying them,…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/06/2025-the-trio/
A trio of Double-crested Cormorants gathered on the dead stump in the middle of Ferrari Pond the other morning. The bird in the middle was drying its wings. It is common to see Cormorants with their wings outstretched, drying them,…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/06/2025-the-trio/
Our resident American White Pelican is content to hang around the pond beneath the waterfall on the edge of the golf course. He swims and fishes with Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Buffleheads, and (surprise!) Canada Geese. I walk by the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/05/2025-landing/
Our resident American White Pelican is content to hang around the pond beneath the waterfall on the edge of the golf course. He swims and fishes with Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Buffleheads, and (surprise!) Canada Geese. I walk by the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/05/2025-landing/
When I was growing up in the 1950's, my mother had a mink fur wrap that, while stylish at the time, was also horrifying. It was made up of three mink bodies, with dangling feet, tails, and heads, and the mouth of one functioned as a…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/04/2025-mink-fur/
When I was growing up in the 1950's, my mother had a mink fur wrap that, while stylish at the time, was also horrifying. It was made up of three mink bodies, with dangling feet, tails, and heads, and the mouth of one functioned as a…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/04/2025-mink-fur/
The rams stick close together. I'm convinced that they even use each other's horns to scratch an itch, especially on top of their heads. The Bighorn on the left, his head under the other ram's horn, seems content to stay that way. BFFs…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/03/2025-bffs/
The rams stick close together. I'm convinced that they even use each other's horns to scratch an itch, especially on top of their heads. The Bighorn on the left, his head under the other ram's horn, seems content to stay that way. BFFs…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/03/2025-bffs/
While we were photographing a Bull Elk, a pair of Coyotes appeared from behind the trees. The first Coyote drank from a pool of water in a recess on a large granite boulder then trotted away as the second climbed onto the rock…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/02/2025-making-sure/
While we were photographing a Bull Elk, a pair of Coyotes appeared from behind the trees. The first Coyote drank from a pool of water in a recess on a large granite boulder then trotted away as the second climbed onto the rock…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/02/2025-making-sure/
Floating Island Pond in Yellowstone National Park is surrounded by tall grasses. As we drove by on our first morning, the grasses reflected in the dark waters of the pond. There were no birds and no critters at the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/01/2025-grass-reflections/
Floating Island Pond in Yellowstone National Park is surrounded by tall grasses. As we drove by on our first morning, the grasses reflected in the dark waters of the pond. There were no birds and no critters at the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/12/01/2025-grass-reflections/
The rivalry between Bighorn Sheep rams during the rut is fascinating to watch. The rams cluster closely together, pawing at each other in an attempt to entice a confrontation and even the violent crashing of heads. Then they…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/30/2025-nose-to-nose/
The rivalry between Bighorn Sheep rams during the rut is fascinating to watch. The rams cluster closely together, pawing at each other in an attempt to entice a confrontation and even the violent crashing of heads. Then they…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/30/2025-nose-to-nose/
Thanksgiving is over. My brothers, Sisters-in-law, their dogs Bella and Sadie, and I spent a marvelous couple of days together talking, laughing, and reminiscing for the first time in far too long. And, it wasn't…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/29/2025-and-chaos-ensued/
Thanksgiving is over. My brothers, Sisters-in-law, their dogs Bella and Sadie, and I spent a marvelous couple of days together talking, laughing, and reminiscing for the first time in far too long. And, it wasn't…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/29/2025-and-chaos-ensued/
It's fun to see a magnificent bull Elk with a huge rack like this one is displaying. He was in the midst of a patch of red, orange, and purple willows. Most of the time I watched him, his eye was obscured by the willow twigs but…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/28/2025-big-elk/
It's fun to see a magnificent bull Elk with a huge rack like this one is displaying. He was in the midst of a patch of red, orange, and purple willows. Most of the time I watched him, his eye was obscured by the willow twigs but…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/28/2025-big-elk/
Sometimes you can smell Soda Butte before you see it. It still emits some of those pungent odors that are so reminiscent of rotten eggs, caused by hydrogen sulfide gas emitted from the hot springs. It's not always strong but…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/27/2025-soda-butte/
Sometimes you can smell Soda Butte before you see it. It still emits some of those pungent odors that are so reminiscent of rotten eggs, caused by hydrogen sulfide gas emitted from the hot springs. It's not always strong but…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/27/2025-soda-butte/
One of a pair of Coyotes trotted down the hillside in the Lamar Valley last week in Yellowstone National Park, seemingly on a mission. While we photographed them from the side of the road, the heat shimmer rising up between…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/26/2025-on-a-mission/
One of a pair of Coyotes trotted down the hillside in the Lamar Valley last week in Yellowstone National Park, seemingly on a mission. While we photographed them from the side of the road, the heat shimmer rising up between…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/26/2025-on-a-mission/
Three of the big boys, those Bighorn Sheep rams with large curled horns, stuck close together in a group of more than a dozen rams gathered up the hill away from the ewes one afternoon. We'd heard the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/23/2025-trio-of-the-big-boys/
Three of the big boys, those Bighorn Sheep rams with large curled horns, stuck close together in a group of more than a dozen rams gathered up the hill away from the ewes one afternoon. We'd heard the…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/23/2025-trio-of-the-big-boys/
As a flock of Bighorn Sheep made their way to drink at the edge of a river, one of the ewes watched the rest of her flock from the hillside, deciding when to make the move. It was a few minutes before she and a few other ewes made…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/21/2025-watching/
As a flock of Bighorn Sheep made their way to drink at the edge of a river, one of the ewes watched the rest of her flock from the hillside, deciding when to make the move. It was a few minutes before she and a few other ewes made…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/21/2025-watching/
Coyotes are among my favorite critters to photograph in Yellowstone especially when they're doing something other than just walking across a meadow. Yesterday we watched a pair of Coyotes crossing a rocky area off…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/19/2025-the-watering-hole/
Coyotes are among my favorite critters to photograph in Yellowstone especially when they're doing something other than just walking across a meadow. Yesterday we watched a pair of Coyotes crossing a rocky area off…
https://infocusdaily.com/2025/11/19/2025-the-watering-hole/