Cormorants in the Pantanal

The Sleepy Owl, The Harrier Hawk and the Alert Squirrel in Valley Forge this Morning. (Click for a Better View)

White Tailed Deer in Valley Forge

Could You See If I Have a Sticker in My Foot?

This handsome guy had just had a roll in the hay and afterwards was rolling in the hay, putting his feet up in the air and just as happy as he could be.  Click him to see that wonderful face and paw a little closer.

Best Friends

A Lid for Every Pot

Yesterday after a great lunch in Philadelphia with an old friend I came home just needing to get out to the fields of Valley Forge.  I was looking for the coyotes but also had my macro lens in case of a good bug.  I found the crane fly, a very interesting but difficult insect to photograph.  The crane fly looks like a huge mosquito with long, long legs and wings often wide open and a really long snout and beautiful psychedelic eye if the light hits it correctly.  They are all over the fields these days, but I have such trouble getting them fully in the frame.  So I found one yesterday low in the grass.  The only way to get him was to lay down deep in the weeds and shoot up.  As I was doing this, I first scared a runner who was running in the middle of the field and almost stepped on me.  Then another man walked by and was totally startled when I stood up.  I think I must have looked a little frightening, so I tried to calm him down by acting like a normal human being and just said I was taking pictures of insects.  His gruff response, "I guess there is a lid for every pot."  Oh dear.

Here's my little crane fly whose long legs I could not get in the frame.  Please click on him to see that psychedelic eye.  Lid for every pot.  humph......

The Beautiful Female Katydid in Valley Forge

Fixing Cufflinks

Watch Closely As Yellow Billed Tern Steals Fish and Feeds her Family (Click on photos for better viewing)

Skimmer with Fish

Skimmer presents fish to girlfriend

Yellow Billed Tern Attempts to Steal Fish

Tern Still Trying to Steal Fish

Tern Steals Fish

Tern Washes off Fish

Tern Feeds Fish  to the Kids

Jaguar with Raised Foot

This beauty stayed with us for a good half hour walking from the jungle to the beach all the while looking at the Capybaras in the water.  No capture this time around, but we were holding our breath and just amazed at her beauty.  She was a mom and it would have been so great had she brought out her cubs.

The Beautiful Plumage of the Red and Green Macaw - Pantanal, Brazil

Oh What a Time We Had

The Whole Crew - From Left Heather Heaps, Yours Truly, Julie Gustafson in Blue, Chris Hamilton, the Tall Todd Gustafson, Sharon Templin, Karen the Doctor, Melissa Groo, Jerry and Sean Traynor, Aaron Winters, Larry Master, and Naun Silva

Here are a few photos from our recent trip to the Pantanal in Brazil.  

Kitty Taking Photos from the Boat

Kitty and Todd Gustafson (Todd is 6'8" tall!!  I am 5' 2")

Melissa Groo, Yours Truly, Julie Gustafson and Sharon Templin enjoying the national drink the Caipirinha

Snail with a Trail Wins Second Place!!!!!! in BetterPhoto.com Macro Contest