The soft whistling snore stopped me. There was a gnome, ears drooping, eyes shut and long nose slightly quivering.
I smiled, nodded good day to the tree bull guarding the gnome and eased away through the cypress swamp.
Mattamuskeet Refuge
Categoryblush pink
Pale buttery yellow dawn filters through the great egret’s wings and they appear to my delighted eye to blush pink.
autumn egret
great egret contemplates the changing cypress
shadows bird
Shadows bird: you may have noticed that I like shooting in the quiet shaded places of life…
smallest falcon
The American Kestrel, size of a bluejay, is the smallest falcon in North America.
This male kestrel is undoubtedly the most colorful raptor in the same area.
He has caught a frog and is swiftly heading to a perch.
hearing
This female northern harrier uses her prominently disked face, like that of an owl, to help her hear and hunt voles and mice in the marsh.
doc ellen's journey 